"we are always slow in admitting any great……" — Charles Darwin
"we are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps"
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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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At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting…
— Martha Beck
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The only sustainable way to increase demand for vacant houses is to spur the formation of new households. Admitting more…
— Alan Greenspan
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In 1992, the federal Government actually issued more work authorizations to immigrants and temporary foreign workers than the net number…
— Ronald Reagan
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Art enlarges experience by admitting us to the inner life of others.
— Walter Lippmann
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Each of us has an inner dream that we can unfold if we will just have the courage to admit…
— Julia Cameron
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The cat could very well be man's best friend but would never stoop to admitting it.
— Doug Larson
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As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought ever to…
— Isaac Newton
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We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today.…
— Art Buchwald
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If faith is a valid tool of knowledge, then anything can be true 'by faith,' and therefore nothing is true.…
— Dan Barker
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You know what's the most terrifying thing about admitting that you're in love? You're just naked. You put yourself in…
— Mary Doria Russell
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I am so in favor of the actual infinite that instead of admitting that Nature abhors it, as is commonly…
— Gottfried Leibniz
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Admitting your weaknesses does not diminish your strengths: it shows your courage.
— Erin Andrews
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