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A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Law and Lawyers
Herbert Spencer

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A jury is composed of twelve men of average ignorance.
Juries
Herbert Spencer

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Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.
Risk
Herbert Spencer

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Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost.
Kings
Herbert Spencer

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How often misused words generate misleading thoughts.
Words
Herbert Spencer

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Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
Life and Living
Herbert Spencer

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Science is organized knowledge.
Science and Scientists
Herbert Spencer

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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
Fools and Foolishness
Herbert Spencer

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Time is that which a man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him.
Time and Time Management
Herbert Spencer

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun