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Quotes by Herbert Spencer
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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."
Herbert Spencer"All socialism involves slavery."
Herbert Spencer"Government is essentially immoral."
Herbert Spencer"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"The great aim of education is not knowledge but action."
Herbert Spencer"The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality."
Herbert Spencer"When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion."
Herbert Spencer"Science is organized knowledge."
Herbert Spencer"Marriage: A word which should be pronounced 'mirage'."
Herbert Spencer"Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman."
Herbert Spencer"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools."
Herbert Spencer"Who indeed, after pulling off the coloured glasses of prejudice and thrusting out of sight his pet projects, can help seeing the folly of these endeavours to protect men against themselves? A sad population of imbeciles would our schemers fill the world with, could their plans last."
Herbert Spencer"Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society."
Herbert Spencer"Education has for its object the formation of character."
Herbert Spencer"A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance."
Herbert Spencer"Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded."
Herbert Spencer