Author: Herbert Spencer

Quotes

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

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

- Herbert Spencer

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.

- Herbert Spencer

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

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

- Herbert Spencer

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

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

- Herbert Spencer

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

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

- Herbert Spencer

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

- Herbert Spencer

Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.

Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.

- Herbert Spencer

Government is essentially immoral.

Government is essentially immoral.

- Herbert Spencer

Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.

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

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