Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts – as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.
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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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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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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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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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced ‘mirage’.
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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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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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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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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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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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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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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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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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All socialism involves slavery.
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