The actions of bad men produce only temporary evil, the actions of good men only temporary good ; and eventually the good and the evil altogether subside, are neutralized by subsequent generations, absorbed by the incessant movements of future ages.… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share Image
Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable. — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share
The actions of bad men produce only temporary evil, the actions of good men only temporary good ; and eventually the good and the… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share
First doubt, then inquire, then discover. This has been the process with all our great thinkers. — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share
The clergy, with a few honorable exceptions, have in all modern countries been the avowed enemies of the diffusion of knowledge, the danger of… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share
Even in an advanced stage of civilization, there is always a tendency to prefer those parts of literature which favor ancient prejudices, rather than… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share
That the system of morals propounded in the New Testament contained no maxim which had not been previously enunciated, and that some of the… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share
“You can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next, by the fact that their habit is always… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share
“Unconscious, perhaps, of the remote tendency of his own labours, he [Joseph Black] undermined that doctrine of material heat, which he seemed to support.… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share
When the interval between the intellectual classes and the practical classes is too great, the former will possess no influence, the latter will reap… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share
If you can impress any man with an absorbing conviction of the supreme importance of some moral or religious doctrine; if you can make… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share
The duty of a philosopher is clear. He must take every pain to ascertain the truth; and, having arrived at a conclusion, he should… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share
The great enemy of knowledge is not error, but inertness. All that we want is discussion; and then we are sure to do well,… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share
The faculty of art is to change events; the faculty of science is to foresee them. The phenomena with which we deal are controlled… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share
Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking… — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share
