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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.

Herbert Spencer

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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Pious Volume Writing
A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
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Average Compose Ignorance Jury Man
We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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Discrimination Prejudice
All socialism involves slavery.
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One Liner Politics Slave Social
Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Bold Courage
Who indeed, after pulling off the coloured glasses of prejudice and thrusting out of sight his pet projects, can help seeing the folly of these endeavours to protect men against themselves? A sad population of imbeciles would our schemers fill the world with, could their plans last.
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Color Glass Project Pull See
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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Confusion Greatness Himself Knowledge Man Order
Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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Freedom Human Strong Worship
The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
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Health Moral Preservation Responsibility
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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Fingers Man Marriage Relationship Ring
Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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Funny Marriage Word
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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Existence Form Government Human Nature Present Requirement
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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Death Live Moments Place
Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
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Benefit Existence Member Society
In science the important thing is to modify and change one’s ideas as science advances.
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Advance Change Ideas Important Science
What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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Cage Law Man Selfish

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