Government is essentially immoral.
HERBERT SPENCERA 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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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.
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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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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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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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Science is organized knowledge.
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No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.
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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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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 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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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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