“Psychology … does not teach us to despair of human nature; it merely enables us to see through the many shams and counterfeits which are offered in place of genuine kindness, out of which alone all the best actions spring.”
 
Bertrand Russell, Vanity Fair, Photographs of an Age, 1914-1936

​Bertrand Russell’s "Thoughts on Psychology and Politics" appeared in the March 1924 issue of Vanity Fair.

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“Surely the easiest way to become a celebrity is to murder someone and put their chopped-up remains in a box.”
 
Bertrand Russell, How to Be a Celebrity

Image Credit: Vanity Fair, Photographs of an Age, 1914-1936