Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
HERBERT SPENCERSociety exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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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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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
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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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Science is organized knowledge.
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
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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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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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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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The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.
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