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In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.
John Stuart Mill
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John Stuart Mill
Age: 67 †
Born: 1806
Born: January 1
Died: 1873
Died: January 1
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In this age, the man who dares to think for himself and to act independently does a service to his race.
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Each undervalues that part of the materials of thought with which he is not familiar.
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Not only the grounds of the opinion are forgotten in the absence of discussion, but too often the meaning of the opinion itself... Instead of a vivid conception and a living belief, there remain only a few phrases retained by rote or, if any part, the shell and husk only of the meaning is retained, the finer essence being lost.
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All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility.
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