Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
HERBERT SPENCERWhen a man’s knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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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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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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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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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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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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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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In 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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Government is essentially immoral.
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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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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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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