“Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth”
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) logician, one of the first analytic philosophers and political activist
“Platitudes are safe, because they're easy to wink at, but truth is something else again.”
Letter to William J. Kennedy (29 October 1959), p. 192
1990s, The Proud Highway : The Fear and Loathing Letters Volume I (1997)
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Comments on Roadstrum speaking to the pickled eye he carries in his pocket, in Ch. 8
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Context: The eye in his hand winked at him dourly. Eye was a tough old gump, not given to easy enthusiasms. Roadstrum put it back in his pocket and once more contemplated his good fortune.
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