The actions of bad men produce only temporary evil, the actions of good men only temporary good ; and eventually the good… — 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 Image
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 Image
First doubt, then inquire, then discover. This has been the process with all our great thinkers. — Henry Thomas Buckle Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
![“Unconscious, perhaps, of the remote tendency of his own labours, he [Joseph Black] undermined that doctrine of material heat, which he seemed to support. For, by his advocacy of latent heat, he taught that its movements constantly battle, not only some of our senses, but all of them; and that…” quote by Henry Thomas Buckle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c31/henry-thomas-buckle-29673_force_unconscious-perhaps-of-the-remote-tenden_1377449.jpg)
