A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
HERBERT SPENCERDivine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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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 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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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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Science is organized knowledge.
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Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.
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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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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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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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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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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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All socialism involves slavery.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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