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He who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has need of no other faculty than that of ape-like imitation.

John Stuart Mill

The moral influence of woman over man is almost always salutary.
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Influence Moral Salutation Woman
I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.
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Desire Learning Satisfaction Seek
No great improvements in the lot of mankind are possible until a great change takes place in the fundamental constitution of their modes of thought.
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Fundamental Greatness Improvement Thinking
Those only are happy (I thought) who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness.
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Happiness Myself Object Thinking
Language is the light of the mind.
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Language Light Mindset
Stupidity is much the same all the world over.
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Stupidity World
All attempts by the State to bias the conclusions of its citizens on disputed subjects, are evil.
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Conclusion Evil State Subject
All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence of the previous subversion of established opinions.
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Establishment Moral Opinion Politics Revolution
In proportion to the development of his individuality, each person becomes more valuable to himself, and is therefore capable of being more valuable to others.
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Development Himself Person Value
The individual is not accountable to society for his actions in so far as these concern the interests of no person but himself.
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Action Himself Individual Person
In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.
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Age Dare Independent Man Race Service
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
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Conservative People Stupidity True
It is not because men’s desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
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Act Conscience Desire Man Sick Strong Weakness
The spirit of improvement is not always a spirit of liberty, for it may aim at forcing improvements on an unwilling people.
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Force Improvement Liberty People Spirit Willing
Solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur is the cradle of thought and aspirations which are not only good for the individual, but which society can ill do without.
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Aspiration Beautiful Natural Presence Sick Society Solitude
A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule.
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Conviction Feeling Man Raise

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