Education has for its object the formation of character.
HERBERT SPENCEROpinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
More Herbert Spencer Quotes
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An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
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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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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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The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
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All socialism involves slavery.
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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 great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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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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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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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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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.
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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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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
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