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Do not act on customary beliefs where the action is disastrous unless they are wholly true
Drawn from what Bertrand Russell said
What Bertrand Russell actually said
- Bertrand Russell British philosopher and logician (1872 to 1970)
A good working maxim in such matters is this: Do not trust customary beliefs so far as to perform actions which must be disastrous unless the beliefs in question are wholly true.
Where this was said
↗Political Ideals (1917)gutenberg.org
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