Quotes about Herbert Spencer

A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.

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A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance.

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What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.

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We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.

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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.

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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry...

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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the...

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The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a...

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The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an indefinite,...

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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

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The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must...

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The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear...

#Herbert Spencer