The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do.
JOHN STUART MILLLanguage is the light of the mind.
More John Stuart Mill Quotes
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The price paid for intellectual pacification is the sacrifice of the entire moral courage of the human mind.
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Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think.
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All attempts by the State to bias the conclusions of its citizens on disputed subjects, are evil.
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The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.
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Next to selfishness the principal cause which makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation.
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What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
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One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.
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Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so.
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All ideas need to be heard, because each idea contains one aspect of the truth. By examining that aspect, we add to our own idea of the truth. Even ideas that have no truth in them whatsoever are useful because by disproving them, we add support to our own ideas.
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All that makes existence valuable to any one depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people.
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To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.
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Photography is a brief complicity between foresight and luck.
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Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
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Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
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Landlords grow rich in their sleep without working, risking or economising.
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