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Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer

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The object of education is to form beings capable of governing themselves, and not to be governed by others.

Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer

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If men use their freedom in such a way that they renounce it, can they be considered any less slaves? If the people choose by plebiscite a despot to govern them, are they still free because despotism has been their own doing?

Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer

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Time: what men always try to kill, but ends up killing them.

Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer

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Progress is not an accident, it is a necessity, a part of nature.

Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer

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Train yourself instead of waiting to be trained and shaped.

Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer

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If it is a duty to respect the rights of others, it is also a duty to maintain one's own.

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

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I regret nothing. The one who regrets what they have done is doubly miserable.

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

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If you do not want to repeat the past, study it.

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

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Only that which exists out of the needs of its own nature and whose actions originate exclusively within itself is free.

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

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Understanding is the beginning of approval.

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

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Experience has shown us that there is nothing more difficult for a person to master than their own language.

Baruch Spinoza

Baruch Spinoza

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Ideas are not mute paintings on a slate; an idea, insofar as it is an idea, includes an affirmation or a negation.