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Other Quotes by Thomas Huxley
- There are some men who are counted great because they represent the actuality of their own age, and mirror it as it is. Such an…
- 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…
- Our reverence for the nobility of manhood will not be lessened by the knowledge that man is in substance and in structure, one with the…
- To a person uninstructed in natural history, his country or sea-side stroll is a walk through a gallery filled with wonderful works of art, nine-tenths…
- True science and true religion are twin sisters, and the separation of either from the other is sure to prove the death of both. Science…
- In matters of intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard for any other consideration.
- The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put…
- The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of…
- The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put…
- 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,…
- I know no study which is so unutterably saddening as that of the evolution of humanity, as it is set forth in the annals of…
More Other Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour