The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
HERBERT SPENCERDivine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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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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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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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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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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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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All socialism involves slavery.
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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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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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