Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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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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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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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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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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Science is organized knowledge.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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All socialism involves slavery.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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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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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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