People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
HERBERT SPENCERIn science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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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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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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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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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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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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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 wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
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Science is organized knowledge.
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Love is life’s end, but never ending. Love is life’s wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love’s life’s reward, rewarded in rewarding.
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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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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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