Every cause produces more than one effect.
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Government is essentially immoral.
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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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In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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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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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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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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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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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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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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