English - Philosopher | April 27, 1820 - December 8, 1903
Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
Herbert Spencer
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Government is essentially immoral.
GovernmentImmoralEssentially
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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Science is organized knowledge.
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Every cause produces more than one effect.
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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.
ChangeScienceIdeasImportantThing
The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.
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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
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