Bertrand Russell Quotes

Bertrand Russell Quotes 366
One of the most important elements of success in becoming a man of genius is to learn the art of denunciation. You must always denounce in such a way that your reader thinks that it is the other fellow who is being denounced and not himself; in that case he will be impressed by your noble scorn, whereas if he thinks that it is himself that you are denouncing, he will consider that you are guilty of ill-bred peevishness.
Source: Bertrand Russell: How to become a man of genius (written in Dec. 28, 1932 and pub. in Mortals and Others, v.1, 1975
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