The-Conquest-of-Happiness-by-Bertrand-Russell

conceal the fact if she wishes men to like her. The
man who is courageous in any matter except
physical danger is also thought ill of. Indifference
to public opinion, for example, is regarded as a
challenge, and the public does what it can to
punish the man who dares to flout its authority. All
this is quite opposite to what it should be.
Every form of courage, whether in men or women,
should be admired as much as physical courage is
admired in a soldier. The commonness of physical
courage among young men is a proof that courage
can be produced in response to a public opinion
that demands it. Given more courage there would
be less worry, and therefore less fatigue; for a very
large proportion of the nervous fatigues from
which men and women suffer at present are due to
fears, conscious or unconscious.
A very frequent source of fatigue is love of
excitement. If a man could spend his leisure in
sleep, he would keep fit, but his working hours are
dreary, and he feels the need of pleasure during his