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The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.

Herbert Spencer

The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.

Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.

Herbert Spencer

Society

Science is organized knowledge.

Herbert Spencer

Science

Knowledge

People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.

Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance.

Herbert Spencer

Ignorance

Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect.

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.