“Every cause produces more than one effect.”
Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist
On Progress: Its Law and Cause
Essays on Education (1861)
“Furthermore, here the one pointing out the filthiness is perceived as much more dangerous than the one producing the filth.”
Original: (de) Im übrigen gilt ja hier derjenige, der auf den Schmutz hinweist, für viel gefährlicher als der, der den Schmutz macht.
Letter to Herbert Ihering, August 10. 1922
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