Jeremy Bentham Quotes

Bodies are real entities. Surfaces and lines are but fictitious entities. A surface without depth, a line without thickness, was never seen by any man; no; nor can any conception be seriously formed of its existence.
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Body Depth Entity Exist Form Man Mathematics Real Serious Surface Thick
The rarest of all human qualities is consistency.
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Consistent Human Quality Rare
The quantity of pleasure being equal, push-pin is as good as poetry.
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Equal Pin Pleasure Poetry Quantity
Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.
JEREMY BENTHAM

Flower Foot Forget Hands One Liner Reach Stars Stretch
No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.
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Article Belief Employ Establish Government Power System
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Every law is an infraction of liberty.
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Infraction Law Liberty
Is it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes; but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.
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Another Earth Himself Man Move Philosophy Possible Stand
Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can continue.
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Auspicious Continue Evil Good Permanent Public
The rarest of all human qualities is consistency.
JEREMY BENTHAM

Consist Human Quality Rare
Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.
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End Except Fall Last Line Poetry Prose Short
Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.
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Government Man Master Nature Pain Place Pleasure Sovereign
happy life and merciful death
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Death Happiness Life Mercy One Liner
If then, merely out of regard to population, it were right that paederasts should be burnt alive, monks ought to be roasted alive over a slow fire.
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Alive Burn Fire Monk Population Regard Right Roast Slow
The quantity of pleasure being equal, push-pin is as good as poetry.
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Equal Fire Pleasure Quantity Slow
The question is not, “Can they reason?” nor, “Can they talk?” but “Can they suffer?
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Philosophy Question Reason Suffer Talk
Create all the happiness you are able to create; remove all the misery you are able to remove. Every day will allow you, – will invite you to add something to the pleasure of others, – or to diminish something of their pains.
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Allow Create Deep Diminish Happiness Misery Pain Philosophy Pleasure Remove Yourself
Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.
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Anarch Apart Far Tyrant
If you hate much, punish much: if you hate little, punish little: punish as you hate. If you hate not at all, punish not at all
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Hate Little Philosophy Punish
Reputation is the road to power
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Power Reputation Road
Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.
JEREMY BENTHAM

Dry Feeling Happiness One Liner Pretty Talk Thing

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