Herbert Spencer(27 April 1820, Derby, Derbyshire, England - 8 December 1903, Brighton, Sussex, England) (aged 83)
Nationality: United KingdomUnique distinction: The founder of System of Synthetic Philosophy and theory of Social Darwinism, Polymath and one of the leading English radical individualists.
Gender: MaleQuotes: 1. Love is life's end, but never ending. Love is life's wealth, never spent, but ever spending. Love's life's reward, rewarded in rewarding. 2. No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy. 3. Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources. 4. Opinion is ultimately determined by the feelings, and not by the intellect. 5. Marriage: a ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman. 6. Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit. 7. Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
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