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Subjects Quotes by Charles Darwin
- 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…
- It has sometimes been said that the success of the Origin proved "that the subject was in the air," or "that men's minds were prepared…
- Nothing could have been worse for the development of my mind than Dr. Butler's school, as it was strictly classical, nothing else being taught, except…
- It may be conceit, but I believe the subject will interest the public, and I am sure that the views are original.
- It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine.
- I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one…
- After five years' work I allowed myself to speculate on the subject, and drew up some short notes; these I enlarged in 1844 into a…
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- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the… — Mary Astell
- I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor against his… — Chinua Achebe
- Victorian literature was my subject at Harvard. — Margaret Atwood
- Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church, it will… — Teresa of Avila
- The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly… — Charles Babbage