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John Stuart Mill Quotes
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Indeed, the dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution, is one of those pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes.
The real advantage which truth has, consists in this, that when an opinion is true, it may be extinguished once, twice, or many times, but in the course of ages there will generally be found persons to rediscover it.
Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think.
I doubt whether all mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day's toil of any human being.
Almost all rich veins of original and striking speculation have been opened by systematic half-thinkers.
That so few dare to be eccentric marks the chief danger of the time.
A state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands-even for beneficial purposes-will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.
The peculiarity of the evidence of mathematical truths is that all the argument is on one side.
Love Quote
Few people know what they mean when they say, "I love you." ... Well, what does the word love mean? It means total interest. I think the reason very few people really fall in love with anyone is they're not willing to pay the price. The price is you have to adjust yourself to them.
Relationship Quote
A woman we love rarely satisfies all our needs, and we deceive her with a woman whom we do not love.
Life Quote
The time we waste trying to find out what life is all about could be spent loving someone and finding out.
Inspirational Quote
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.
Wise Quote
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
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