Bertrand Russell, in The Conquest of Happiness (1930).

Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

— Bertrand Russell on Caution

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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.