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Most Quotes by Herbert Spencer
- The most important attribute of man as a moral being is the faculty of self-control.
- And yet, strange to say, now that the truth [of natural selection] is recognized by most cultivated people...now more than ever, in the history of…
- Of all the knowledge, that most worth having is knowledge about health! The first requisite of a good life is to be a healthy person.
- The home is the most important factor in civilization, and that civilization is to be measured at different stages largely by the development in the…
- Though, probably, no competent geologist would contend that the European classification of strata is applicable to all other parts of the globe, yet most, if…
- Feudalism, serfdom, slavery, all tyrannical institutions, are merely the most vigorous kind to rule, springing out of, and necessarily to, a bad state of man.…
- Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things… — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster