"Man tends to increase at a greater rate……" — Charles Darwin
"Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence."
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Charles Darwin
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288 Quotes by Charles Darwin
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Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions. Monkeys redden from passion but it would take an…
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Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality.
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Some few, & I am one, even wish to God, though at the loss of millions of lives, that the…
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If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their…
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So in regard to mental qualities, their transmission is manifest in our dogs, horses and other domestic animals. Besides special…
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The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their…
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It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in…
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It is well-known that those who have charge of young infants, that it is difficult to feel sure when certain…
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Jealousy was plainly exhibited when I fondled a large doll, and when I weighed his infant sister, he being then…
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May we not suspect that the vague but very real fears of children, which are quite independent of experience, are…
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The young blush much more freely than the old but not during infancy, which is remarkable, as we know that…
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Why does man regret, even though he may endeavour to banish any such regret, that he has followed the one…
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult.
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It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even…
— Marcel Achard
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The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in…
— Norman Ralph Augustine
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A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.
— Marcus Aurelius
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It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the…
— Teresa of Avila
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It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our…
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Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we…
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The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
— Francis Bacon
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The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah.
— Abu Bakr
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To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.
— Abu Bakr
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Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself.
— Honore de Balzac
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