In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying.
Bertrand RussellAbout author
- Author's profession: Philosopher
- Nationality: british
- Born: May 18, 1872
- Died: February 2, 1970
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