Every cause produces more than one effect.
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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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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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Science is organized knowledge.
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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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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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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 behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.
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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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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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Government is essentially immoral.
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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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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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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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