The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.
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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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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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All socialism involves slavery.
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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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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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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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Love is life’s end, but never ending. Love is life’s wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love’s life’s reward, rewarded in rewarding.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
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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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In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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