People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
HERBERT SPENCERHow often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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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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The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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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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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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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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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
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Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
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The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.
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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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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Science is organized knowledge.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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