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Noble Quotes by Charles Darwin
- Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality.
- The noble science of Geology loses glory from the extreme imperfection of the record. The crust of the earth with its embedded remains must not…
- A celebrated author and divine has written to me that he has gradually learned to see that it is just as noble a conception of…
- Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important . . . [I]t…
- I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the differences between man and the lower animal, the moral sense…
- [Herschel and Humboldt] stirred up in me a burning zeal to add even the most humble contribution to the noble structure of Natural Science. No…
- We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp…
- The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.
- Man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to…
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- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire… — Aristotle
- In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our… — John James Audubon
- A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower… — Marcus Aurelius
- If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps… — Teresa of Avila
- You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks. — Michelle Bachelet
- Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds. — James M. Barrie
- Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
- When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble… — Rob Bell
- Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge. — Annie Besant
- Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to the slaughter;… — Annie Besant