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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Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

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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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Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.

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Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.

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A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.

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Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.

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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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Love is life's end, but never ending. Love is life's wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love's life's reward, rewarded in rewarding.

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No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

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