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Herbert Spencer
English
Philosopher
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#World
#Result
#Men
#Fools
#Folly
Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Intellect
#Opinion
#Feelings
Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Ignorance
People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Life
#People
#Success
#First
#Beginning
Science is organized knowledge.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Science
#Knowledge
Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Society
The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Men
#Animals
#Behavior
The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Past
#Wrong
#Fact
#Blind
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Action
#Education
#Knowledge
The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Now
#Idea
#Change
#Evolution
The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Government
#Present
#Nature
#Human nature
#Republican
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Past
#Man
#Future
Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Poetry
Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
We all decry prejudice, yet are all prejudiced.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Prejudice
We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Freedom
#Tax
What a cage is to the wild beast, law is to the selfish man.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Law
#Man
When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Will
#Man
#Knowledge
#Order
#Confusion
Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Old
#Government
#Risk
#Terror
Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Duty
#Morality
#Health
Government is essentially immoral.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Government
A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#People
#Ignorance
#Jury
A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Ignorance
#Men
#Jury
A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Living
#Multiplicity
All socialism involves slavery.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Slavery
#Socialism
An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Argument
#Nature
#Desire
#Fact
#Property
#Theory
Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Happiness
Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Civilization
#Progress
Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Right
#Kings
Every cause produces more than one effect.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Cause
#Effect
Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Freedom
How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Words
#Misleading
#Thoughts
In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Science
#Ideas
#Change
Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Life
Love is life's end, but never ending. Love is life's wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love's life's reward, rewarded in rewarding.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Life
#Love
#End
#Ending
#Wealth
#Reward
Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Lady
#Gentleman
#Ceremony
Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage".
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Word
Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Spirit
#Music
#Rank
No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
Education has for its object the formation of character.
Herbert Spencer,
English
Philosopher
#Character
#Education