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May Quotes by Herbert Spencer
- The chief arguments that are urged against an established religion, may be used with equal force against an established charity. The dissenter submits, that no…
- A stern discipline pervades all nature, which is a little cruel that it may be very kind.
- For what is meant by saying that a government ought to educate the people? Why should they be educated? What is the education for? Clearly,…
- Even the absurdest report may in nearly every instance be traced to an actual occurrence; and had there been no such actual occurrence, this preposterous…
- It becomes possible to admit that plainness may coexist with nobility of nature, and fine features with baseness; and yet to hold that mental and…
- If a single cell, under appropriate conditions, becomes a man in the space of a few years, there can surely be no difficulty in understanding…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle