Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
HERBERT SPENCERThe ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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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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In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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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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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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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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Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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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 preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
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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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