Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
HERBERT SPENCERThe ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.
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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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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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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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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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When 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 preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Science is organized knowledge.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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Government is essentially immoral.
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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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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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