John Stuart Mill Quotes:
Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: May 20, 1806 - May 8, 1873
Birthday: May 20
Death: May 8
Persons of genius are, ex vi termini, more individual than any other people - less capable, consequently, of fitting themselves, without hurtful compression, into any of the small number of moulds which society provides in order to save its members the trouble of forming their character.
source: John Stuart Mill (2015). “On Liberty, Utilitarianism and Other Essays”, p.129, OUP Oxford
topic: Character, Small Numbers, Order, Compression
