Bertrand Russell Quotes About Wife

• People will tell us that without the consolations of religion they would be intolerably unhappy. So far as this is true, it is a coward's argument. Nobody but a coward would consciously choose to live in a fool's paradise. When a man suspects his wife of infidelity, he is not thought the better of for shutting his eyes to the evidence. And I cannot see why ignoring evidence should be contemptible in one case and admirable in the other.

  Bertrand Russell

  Eye, Men, People

  Bertrand Russell, John G. Slater, Peter Köllner (1997). “Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68”, p.546, Psychology Press

• Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.

  Bertrand Russell

  Math, Men, Wife

  Impact of Science on Society ch. 1 (1952)

• Among the Tibetans, one wife has many husbands, because men are too poor to support a whole wife.

  Bertrand Russell

  Husband, Men, Wife

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell”, p.59, Routledge

• As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our trouble. . . . No Catholic, for instance, takes seriously the text which says that a Bishop should be the husband of one wife.

  Bertrand Russell

  Husband, Rely Upon, Wife

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Bertrand Russell's Best”, p.90, Routledge

• It was the duty of wives to submit to husbands, not of husbands to submit to wives. . . men have stronger muscles than women.

  Bertrand Russell

  Husband, Men, Wife

  Bertrand Russell (2009). “Bertrand Russell's Best”, p.22, Routledge

• There was a law in Connecticut - I believe it is still formally unrepealed - making it illegal for a man to kiss his wife on Sunday.

  Bertrand Russell

  Believe, Sunday, Kissing

  Bertrand Russell (2013). “Human Society in Ethics and Politics”, p.30, Routledge

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