Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.
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 SPENCERSociety exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
HERBERT SPENCERNo 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.
HERBERT SPENCERVolumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
HERBERT SPENCERGovernment is essentially immoral.
HERBERT SPENCERWhat a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
HERBERT SPENCEROur lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
HERBERT SPENCERThe 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.
HERBERT SPENCERBe bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
HERBERT SPENCERPeople are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
HERBERT SPENCEROpinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
HERBERT SPENCERAll socialism involves slavery.
HERBERT SPENCERMarriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
HERBERT SPENCERLove 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.
HERBERT SPENCEREducation has for its object the formation of character.
HERBERT SPENCERThe behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.
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