A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
HERBERT SPENCERVolumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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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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In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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All socialism involves slavery.
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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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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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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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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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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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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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