Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
HERBERT SPENCERA jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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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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Love is life’s end, but never ending. Love is life’s wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love’s life’s reward, rewarded in rewarding.
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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
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The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.
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All socialism involves slavery.
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An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
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Science is organized knowledge.
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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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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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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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