"The behavior of men to the lower animals,……" — Herbert Spencer
"The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship."
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113 Quotes by Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer has 113 quotes on this site.
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During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art.
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Organs, faculties, powers, capacities, or whatever else we call them; grow by use and diminish from disuse, it is inferred…
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When you take comprehensive, then we're dealing with certain issues like full citizenship ... And whatever else we disagree on,…
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The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the…
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Mental power cannot be got from ill-fed brains.
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A nation's institutions and beliefs are determined by it's character.
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No physiologist who calmly considers the question in connection with the general truths of his science, can long resist the…
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The existence of a first cause of the universe is a necessity of thought ... Amid the mysteries which become…
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If men use their liberty in such a way as to surrender their liberty, are they thereafter any the less…
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A man's liberties are none the less aggressed upon because those who coerce him do so in the belief that…
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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.
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Society exists for the benefit of its members - not the members for the benefit of society.
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At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
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Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on…
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People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile.
— David Attenborough
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There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the…
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The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual…
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I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how…
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I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I…
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If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in…
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Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware…
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The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see…
— Diane Ackerman
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