Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
HERBERT SPENCEROpinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
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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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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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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 great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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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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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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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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In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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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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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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