Every cause produces more than one effect.
HERBERT SPENCERWho indeed, after pulling off the coloured glasses of prejudice and thrusting out of sight his pet projects, can help seeing the folly of these endeavours to protect men against themselves? A sad population of imbeciles would our schemers fill the world with, could their plans last.
More Herbert Spencer Quotes
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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Government is essentially immoral.
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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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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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Love 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.
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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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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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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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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 wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
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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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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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