Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
HERBERT SPENCERWhat a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
More Herbert Spencer Quotes
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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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All socialism involves slavery.
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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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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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How 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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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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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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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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Science is organized knowledge.
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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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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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