Famous Herbert Spencer Quotes


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Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
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Education has for its object the formation of character.
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We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
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Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.
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Government is essentially immoral.
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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
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The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.
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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced 'mirage'.
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Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.
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An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
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