Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race. (Bertrand Russell)

Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.

Bertrand Russell

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