The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
HERBERT SPENCERWhat 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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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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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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The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
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A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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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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Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
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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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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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