Bertrand Russell Quote

The degree of one's emotion varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts – the less you know the hotter you get.


Attributed to Russell in Distilled Wisdom (1964) by Alfred Armand Montapert, p. 145


The degree of one's emotion varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts – the less you know the hotter you get.

The degree of one's emotion varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts – the less you know the hotter you get.

The degree of one's emotion varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts – the less you know the hotter you get.

The degree of one's emotion varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts – the less you know the hotter you get.