The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
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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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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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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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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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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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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The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
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All socialism involves slavery.
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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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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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Science is organized knowledge.
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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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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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