Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
HERBERT SPENCERThe preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
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Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
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No 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.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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When a man’s knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
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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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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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Science is organized knowledge.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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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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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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Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
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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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