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 great aim of education is not knowledge, but action

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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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Science is organized knowledge.

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

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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance

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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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Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one...

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

#Herbert Spencer