Quotes by Herbert Spencer

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even...

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The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this...

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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he...

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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.

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Time: That which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him

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We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it...

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Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and...

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A stern discipline pervades all nature, which is a little cruel that it may be...

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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.

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In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.

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Every cause produces more than one effect.

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Education has for its object the formation of character.

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