Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
HERBERT SPENCERThe great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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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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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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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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We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
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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 great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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