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May Quotes by Thomas Huxley
- That which lies before the human race is a constant struggle to maintain and improve, in opposition to State of Nature, the State of Art…
- All knowledge is good. It is impossible to say any fragment of knowledge, however insignificant or remote from one's ordinary pursuits, may not some day…
- The saying that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing is, to my mind, a very dangerous adage. If knowledge is real and genuine, I…
- Deduction, which takes us from the general proposition to facts again-teaches us, if I may so say, to anticipate from the ticket what is inside…
- Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds you stuff of any degree of fineness; but, nevertheless, what you get out…
- I hated tobacco. I could have almost lent my support to any institution that had for its object the putting of tobacco smokers to death...I…
- As for your doctrines I am prepared to go to the Stake if requisite ... I trust you will not allow yourself to be in…
- What men need is as much knowledge as they can organize for action; give them more and it may become injurious. Some men are heavy…
- Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds your stuff to any degree of fineness.
- [Scientists] have learned to respect nothing but evidence, and to believe that their highest duty lies in submitting to it however it may jar against…
- It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas…
- Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
- In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors,…
- To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen.
- People may talk about intellectual teaching, but what we principally want is the moral teaching.
- Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its…
- Cosmic evolution may teach us how the good and evil tendencies of man may have come about; but, in itself, it is incompetent to furnish…
- The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside… — Lance Armstrong