Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible; but the world of pure reason knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity.
Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar International, 1991.
-- Bertrand Russell, (May 18 1872-1970), Welsh philosopher, mathematician, essayist; He made major contributions to symbolic logic and political stands, e.g., resisting conscription in WW I.