Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.
Bertrand RussellA word is used "correctly" when the average hearer will be affected by it in the way intended. This is a psychological, not a literary, definition of "correctness". The literary definition would substitute, for the average hearer, a person of high education living a long time ago; the purpose of this definition is to make it difficult to speak or write correctly.
Bertrand RussellA man without a bias cannot write interesting history - if indeed such a man exists.
Bertrand RussellI often long to . . . give up my life to love of my neighbour. This is really a temptation.
Bertrand Russell