Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.
HERBERT SPENCERPeople are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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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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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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All socialism involves slavery.
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In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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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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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
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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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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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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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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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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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