Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
HERBERT SPENCERDivine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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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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We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
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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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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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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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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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All socialism involves slavery.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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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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Government is essentially immoral.
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