"Thus we have given to man a pedigree……" — Charles Darwin

"Thus we have given to man a pedigree of prodigious length, but not, it may be said, of noble quality."

— 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…
Some few, & I am one, even wish to God, though at the loss of millions of lives, that the…
If worms have the power of acquiring some notion, however rude, of the shape of an object and over their…
So in regard to mental qualities, their transmission is manifest in our dogs, horses and other domestic animals. Besides special…
The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their…
It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in…
It is well-known that those who have charge of young infants, that it is difficult to feel sure when certain…
Jealousy was plainly exhibited when I fondled a large doll, and when I weighed his infant sister, he being then…
May we not suspect that the vague but very real fears of children, which are quite independent of experience, are…
The young blush much more freely than the old but not during infancy, which is remarkable, as we know that…
Why does man regret, even though he may endeavour to banish any such regret, that he has followed the one…
It is certain that there may be extraordinary mental activity with an extremely small absolute mass of nervous matter: thus…

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Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
I could be on 52nd and Third in Manhattan up and ask a strange for directions and they will help… — Rodney Atkins
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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by… — Saint Augustine
If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if… — Saint Augustine
The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away. — Marcus Aurelius
The Gita is the greatest gospel of spiritual works ever yet given to the race. — Sri Aurobindo
They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. — Jane Austen
In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race. — Charles Babbage
The main reason for the failure of the modern medical science is that it is dealing with results and not… — Edward Bach
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have… — Richard Bach

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