Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
HERBERT SPENCERHero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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Who indeed, after pulling off the coloured glasses of prejudice and thrusting out of sight his pet projects, can help seeing the folly of these endeavours to protect men against themselves? A sad population of imbeciles would our schemers fill the world with, could their plans last.
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An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
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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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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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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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All socialism involves slavery.
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Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
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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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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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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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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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