The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
HERBERT SPENCERThe wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
HERBERT SPENCERThose who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
HERBERT SPENCERScience is organized knowledge.
HERBERT SPENCERCivilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
HERBERT SPENCERBe bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
HERBERT SPENCEREducation has for its object the formation of character.
HERBERT SPENCERMusic must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.
HERBERT SPENCERA jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
HERBERT SPENCEROld forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
HERBERT SPENCERA living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
HERBERT SPENCERHow often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
HERBERT SPENCERMarriage: 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.
HERBERT SPENCERLife is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
HERBERT SPENCERIn science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
HERBERT SPENCERSociety exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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