Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice.

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The beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good,...

The beautiful cannot be the way to what is useful, or to what is good,...

True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.

True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.

All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently...

All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently...

All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have...

All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have...

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to...

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to...

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.

If we don't change our direction we're likely to end up where we're headed.

Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.

Equality is not in regarding different things similarly, equality is in regarding different things differently.

Equality of opportunity is freedom, but equality of outcome is repression

Equality of opportunity is freedom, but equality of outcome is repression

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but,...

The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but,...

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are...

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are...

Accidents, try to change them -- it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

Accidents, try to change them -- it's impossible. The accidental reveals man.

There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to...

There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to...

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference:...

Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference:...

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior

Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age...

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age...

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

They that know no evil will suspect none.

If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them,...

If women want any rights more than they's got, why don't they just take them,...