Herbert Spencer's Quotes

Herbert Spencer's Quotes 45

Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the...

In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science...

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the...

Who indeed, after pulling off the coloured glasses of prejudice and thrusting...

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

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill...

Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and...

A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.

Science is organized knowledge.

When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater...

The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a...

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our...

All socialism involves slavery.

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

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

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly...

Education has for its object the formation of character.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

We too often forget that not only is there 'a soul of goodness in things...

People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to...

Society exists for the benefit of its members not the members for the...

The behavior of men to the lower animals and their behavior to each other...

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the...

An argument fatal to the communist theory is suggested by the fact that a...

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