Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
HERBERT SPENCERMarriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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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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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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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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Government is essentially immoral.
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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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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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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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Who 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.
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