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Instinct Quotes by H.G. Wells
- Nature never appeals to intelligence until habit and instinct are useless. There is no intelligence where there is no need of change.
- It is a law of nature we overlook, that intellectual versatility is the compensation for change, danger, and trouble. An animal perfectly in harmony with…
- Very much indeed of what we call moral education is such an artificial modification and perversion of instinct; pugnacity is trained into courageous self-sacrifice, and…
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- I would rather trust a woman's instinct than a man's reason. — Stanley Baldwin
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- Throughout my career I have been talked out of things I wanted to do, and when I look back, I think I… — Halle Berry
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- Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius. — Josh Billings
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