Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
HERBERT SPENCERDivine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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Science is organized knowledge.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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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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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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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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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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Government is essentially immoral.
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Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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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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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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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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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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