Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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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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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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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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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
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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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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
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We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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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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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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All socialism involves slavery.
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