A Quote by Bertrand Russell

Mankind is divided into two classes: those who, being artificial, praise nature, and those who, being natural, praise art.

Bertrand Russell

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Bertrand Russell
British - Celebrity
May 18, 1872 - February 2, 1970

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

Benjamin Franklin

Let those flatter, who fear: it is not an American art. To give praise where it is not due, might be well from the venal, but would ill beseem those who are asserting the rights of human nature.

Thomas Jefferson

People are divided into two classes - those who profit by experience and those who do not. The unfortunate part of it all is that the latter class is by far the larger of the two.

Douglas Fairbanks

Be quick to praise people. People like to praise those who praise them.

Bernard Baruch

Mankind is divided into two basic sorts: those who find the unknown future threatening ... and those who find it thrilling. The rupture between those two sides has been responsible for most of the bloodshed in history.

Spider Robinson

The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.

Oscar Wilde

I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.

Studs Terkel

Dogs may be divided into two classes: those who are merely afraid of cattle and those who can't abide them.

Elspeth Huxley

I like nature but not its substitutes... Mondrian opposed art to nature saying that art is artificial and nature is natural. I do not share this opinion... Art's origins are natural.

Hans Arp

Sweet is the breath of praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise they give.

Hannah More

We often select envenomed praise which, by a reaction upon those we praise, shows faults we could not have shown by other means.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

These days, those who criticize the Union government are being labelled as anti-BJP and those praise it as BJP supporters. Isn't there any middle path?

Raj Thackeray

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye heavenly host! Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost!

Thomas Ken

Do you have doubts about life? Are you unsure if it's worth the trouble? Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass on the street: those faces are for you. And the street itself, and the ground under the street and the ball of fire underneath the ground: all these things are for you. They are as much for you as they are for other people. Remember this when you wake up in the morning and think you have nothing. Stand up and face the east. Now praise the sky and praise the light within each person under the sky. It's okay to be unsure. But praise, praise, praise.