Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
HERBERT SPENCERBe bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.
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All socialism involves slavery.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.
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Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
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When a man’s knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.
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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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