Herbert Spencer

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

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We too often forget that not only is there 'a soul of goodness in things evil,' but very generally also, a soul of truth in things erroneous.

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The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

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We too often forget that not only is there 'a soul of goodness in things evil,' but very generally also, a soul of truth in things erroneous.

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All socialism involves slavery.

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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

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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.

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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.

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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.

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Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.

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Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.

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

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

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Survival of the fittest.

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Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.

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The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.

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No phrase can convey the idea of surprise so vividly as opening the eyes and raising the eyebrows. A shrug of the shoulders would lose much by translation into words.

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The truth is, that those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.

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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.

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Quotes by Herbert Spencer