John Stuart Mill

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"Solitude, in the sense of being often alone, is essential to any depth of meditation or of character; and solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur, is the cradle of thought and aspirations which are not only good for the individual, but which society could ill do without."	Beauty, Character, Evil
"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives."	Stupidity
"The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do."	Miscellaneous
"Ask yourself whether you are happy and you cease to be so."	Happiness, Joy
"Popular opinions, on subjects not palpable to sense, are often true, but seldom or never the whole truth."	Ability, Honesty, Truth
"All good things which exist are the fruits of originality."	Creativity, Evil
"That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of our time."	Anger, Time
"That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next."	Knowledge, Wisdom

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