As often as a study is cultivated by narrow minds, they will draw from it narrow conclusions.
JOHN STUART MILLPhotography is a brief complicity between foresight and luck.
More John Stuart Mill Quotes
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A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule.
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In proportion to the development of his individuality, each person becomes more valuable to himself, and is therefore capable of being more valuable to others.
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A state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes–will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.
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All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.
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Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
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Solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur is the cradle of thought and aspirations which are not only good for the individual, but which society can ill do without.
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Since the state must necessarily provide subsistence for the criminal poor while undergoing punishment, not to do the same for the poor who have not offended is to give a premium on crime.
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With equality of experience and of general faculties, a woman usually sees much more than a man of what is immediately before her.
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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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I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
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To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
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The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.
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Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness. By happiness is intended pleasure and the absence of pain.
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However unwillingly a person who has a strong opinion may admit the possibility that his opinion may be false, he ought to be moved by the consideration that, however true it may be, if it is not fully, frequently, and fearlessly discussed, it will be held as a dead dogma, not a living truth.
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So Long as we do not harm others we should be free to think, speak, act, & live as we see fit, without molestation from individuals, law, or gov’t.
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