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.
HERBERT SPENCERVolumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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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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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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Government is essentially immoral.
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Science is organized knowledge.
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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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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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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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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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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 great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.
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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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