Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained.

Quote by John Stuart Mill

Topics: Courage Quotes, Genius Quotes

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The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to...

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One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only...

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Liberty consists in doing what one desires

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Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

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I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting...

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The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of...

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The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself...

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One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

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The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of...

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Men might as well be imprisoned, as excluded from the means of earning their bread.

Men might as well be imprisoned, as excluded from the means of earning their bread.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself...

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself...

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The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power...

I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be...

I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be...