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> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/the-actions-of-bad-men-produce-only-temporary-evil-the-actions-of/)

[Henry Thomas Buckle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-thomas-buckle/)

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## More by Henry Thomas Buckle

> [Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/sir-the-slowness-of-genius-is-hard-to-bear-but-the-slowness-of/)

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> [The actions of bad men produce only temporary evil, the actions of good men only temporary good ; and eventually the good and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/the-actions-of-bad-men-produce-only-temporary-evil-the-actions-of/)

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> [He who knows most believes the least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/he-who-knows-most-believes-the-least/)

[Henry Thomas Buckle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-thomas-buckle/)

> [First doubt, then inquire, then discover. This has been the process with all our great thinkers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/first-doubt-then-inquire-then-discover-this-has-been-the-process-with/)

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> [The clergy, with a few honorable exceptions, have in all modern countries been the avowed enemies of the diffusion of knowledge, the danger of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/the-clergy-with-a-few-honorable-exceptions-have-in-all-modern/)

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> [Even in an advanced stage of civilization, there is always a tendency to prefer those parts of literature which favor ancient prejudices, rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/even-in-an-advanced-stage-of-civilization-there-is-always-a-tendency/)

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> [That the system of morals propounded in the New Testament contained no maxim which had not been previously enunciated, and that some of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/that-the-system-of-morals-propounded-in-the-new-testament-contained/)

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> [“You can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next, by the fact that their habit is always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/you-can-tell-the-lowest-class-by-their-habit-of-always-talking-about/)

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> [ “Unconscious, perhaps, of the remote tendency of his own labours, he \[Joseph Black\] undermined that doctrine of material heat, which he seemed to support.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/unconscious-perhaps-of-the-remote-tendency-of-his-own-labours-he/)

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> [When the interval between the intellectual classes and the practical classes is too great, the former will possess no influence, the latter will reap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/when-the-interval-between-the-intellectual-classes-and-the-practical/)

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> [If you can impress any man with an absorbing conviction of the supreme importance of some moral or religious doctrine; if you can make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/if-you-can-impress-any-man-with-an-absorbing-conviction-of-the/)

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> [The duty of a philosopher is clear. He must take every pain to ascertain the truth; and, having arrived at a conclusion, he should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/the-duty-of-a-philosopher-is-clear-he-must-take-every-pain-to/)

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> [The great enemy of knowledge is not error, but inertness. All that we want is discussion; and then we are sure to do well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/the-great-enemy-of-knowledge-is-not-error-but-inertness-all-that-we/)

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> [The faculty of art is to change events; the faculty of science is to foresee them. The phenomena with which we deal are controlled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/the-faculty-of-art-is-to-change-events-the-faculty-of-science-is-to/)

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> [Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-thomas-buckle/men-and-women-range-themselves-into-three-classes-or-orders-of/)

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