4 Quotes by Henry Sidgwick

  • Author Henry Sidgwick
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    One has to kill a few of one’s natural selves to let the rest grow – a very painful slaughter of innocents.

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    Reason shows me that if my happiness is desirable and good, the equal happiness of any other person must be equally desirable.

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    Society is like a schoolmaster who estimates boys according to their conformity to a standard that is easiest for running a school.

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    The mystery of death is not solved by dying just as the mystery of life is not solved by living .

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