John Stuart Mill
Birthdate: May 20, 1806
Birthplace: Pentonville, London, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: May 8, 1873
Occupation: Civil Servant, Essayist, and Philosopher
Profile: UK Member of Parliament (1865-1868).
Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stuart_Mill
Number of Quotes: 3
It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.
To mistake money for wealth, is the same sort of error as to mistake the highway which may
be the easiest way of getting to your house or lands, for the house and lands themselves.
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of
moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.