Marriage: A word which should be pronounced 'mirag... -Herbert Spencer

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Marriage: A word which should be pronounced 'mirage'.

Herbert Spencer , Philosopher
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Who indeed, after pulling off the coloured glasses of prejudice and thrusting out of sight his pet projects, can help seeing the folly of these endeav...
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools....
Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded....
The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality....
The great aim of education is not knowledge but action....
Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit....
Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society....
Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom....
We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one....
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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I think there is a generation gap. I personally look forward to, as our generation becomes the leaders, you are gonna see a change, and I think hopefu...
Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement....
Same-sex marriage is not the future....
When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments....
I have a wonderful marriage and two great kids....
So far, 44 States, or 88 percent of the States, have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 ...
Marriage encourages the men and women who together create life to unite in a bond for the protection of children....
But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage....
Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature; whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppre...
If we change the definition of marriage to be more inclusive, then it is logical to argue that we should broaden the definition so that won't exclude ...