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Jeremy Bentham Quotes

Brief author info: Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) English philosopher.

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The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the foundation of morals and legislation.

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All punishment is mischief. All punishment in itself is evil.

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The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?

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Prose is when all the lines except the last go on to the end. Poetry is when some of them fall short of it.

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Love Quote

Nearly all human beings love, but nearly none know how to love.

- Eugenio Maria de Hostos

Happiness Quote

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

- Maxim Gorky

Funny Quote

Just going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in your garage makes you a car.

- G. K. Chesterton

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Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

- Mark Twain

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Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.

- Albert Einstein

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