What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
HERBERT SPENCERMarriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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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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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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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 all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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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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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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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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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
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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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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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