Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
HERBERT SPENCERThe 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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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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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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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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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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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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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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The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
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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 great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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