Quote by Herbert Spencer
Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for

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

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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. – Herbert Spencer

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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. – Herbert Spencer

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The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is – a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter. – Herbert Spencer

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To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society. – Margaret Oliphant

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Psychotherapy theory turns it all on you: you are the one who is wrong. If a kid is having trouble or is discouraged, the problem is not just inside the kid its also in the system, the society. – James Hillman

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You make me sick! You are offered meat and you choose a banana-split-with-nuts. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. – Adam Smith

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My wife is a sex object. Every time I ask for sex, she objects. – Les Dawson

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