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.
HERBERT SPENCERObjects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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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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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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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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In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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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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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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Science is organized knowledge.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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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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All socialism involves slavery.
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