A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
HERBERT SPENCERThose who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
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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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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
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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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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
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Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
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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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All socialism involves slavery.
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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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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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Government is essentially immoral.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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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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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
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