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Man Quotes by Charles Darwin
- Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality.
- If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their burrows, as seems the case,…
- It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in solitude, or he may suffer…
- Why does man regret, even though he may endeavour to banish any such regret, that he has followed the one natural impulse, rather than the…
- It is certain that there may be extraordinary mental activity with an extremely small absolute mass of nervous matter: thus the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental…
- I have been speculating last night what makes a man a discoverer of undiscovered things. As far as I can conjecture the art consists in…
- About thirty years ago there was much talk that geologists ought only to observe and not theorise; and I well remember some one saying that…
- I cannot anyhow be contented to view this wonderful universe, and especially the nature of man, and to conclude that everything is the result of…
- Among the scenes which are deeply impressed on my mind, none exceed in sublimity the primeval [tropical] forests, ... temples filled with the varied productions…
- In the distant future I see open fields for far more important researches. Psychology will be based on a new foundation, that of the necessary…
- I have been speculating last night what makes a man a discoverer of undiscovered things; and a most perplexing problem it is. Many men who…
- Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy the interposition of a great deity. More humble and I believe true to consider him…
- The assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. But this is a rash argument, as…
- Another source of conviction in the existence of God, connected with the reason and not with the feelings, impresses me as having much more weight.…
- I am aware that the assumed instinctive belief in God has been used by many persons as an argument for his existence. The idea of…
- I am aware that the conclusions arrived at in this work will be denounced by some as highly irreligious; but he who denounces them is…
- As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague probabilities.
- Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more perfect creature than he now is, it is an intolerable…
- Sympathy for the lowest animals is one of the noblest virtues with which man is endowed.
- Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle