There is an element of the busybody in our conception of virtue: unless a man makes himself a nuisance to a great many people, we do not think he can be an exceptionally good man.


Basic writings, 1903-1959 (ed. 1961)

Bertrand Russell Quotes

There is an element of the busybody in our conception of virtue: unless a man makes himself a nuisance to a great many people, we do not think he can ...

There is an element of the busybody in our conception of virtue: unless a man makes himself a nuisance to a great many people, we do not think he can ...

There is an element of the busybody in our conception of virtue: unless a man makes himself a nuisance to a great many people, we do not think he can ...

There is an element of the busybody in our conception of virtue: unless a man makes himself a nuisance to a great many people, we do not think he can ...