The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
HERBERT SPENCEROpinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
More Herbert Spencer Quotes
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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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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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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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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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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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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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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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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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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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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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Science is organized knowledge.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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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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