Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
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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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Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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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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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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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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All socialism involves slavery.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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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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