The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
HERBERT SPENCERThe preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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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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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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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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All socialism involves slavery.
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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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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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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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Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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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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