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Attributed to Russell in Prochnow's Speakers Handbook of Epigrams and Witticisms (1955), p. 132

Few people can be happy unless they hate some other person, nation, or creed.

— Bertrand Russell

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Bertrand Russell

About Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (May 18, 1872 – February 2, 1970) was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. In 1950, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature.