The very essence of instinct is that it’s followed independently of reason.
CHARLES DARWINAt no time am I a quick thinker or writer: whatever I have done in science has solely been by long pondering, patience and industry.
More Charles Darwin Quotes
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Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.
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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
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I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men.
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A scientific man ought to have no wishes, no affections, – a mere heart of stone.
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If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
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It is not the biggest, the brightest or the best that will survive, but those who adapt the quickest.
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Even when we are quite alone, how often do we think with pleasure or pain of what others think of us – of their imagined approbation or disapprobation.
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I conclude that the musical notes and rhythms were first acquired by the male or female progenitors of mankind for the sake of charming the opposite sex.
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Man scans with scrupulous care the character and pedigree of his horses, cattle, and dogs before he matches them; but when he comes to his own marriage he rarely, or never, takes any such care.
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Man, wonderful man, must collapse, into nature’s cauldron, he is no deity, he is no exception.
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One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die.
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Even people who aren’t geniuses can outthink the rest of mankind if they develop certain thinking habits.
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It is always advisable to perceive clearly our ignorance.
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We are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it.
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Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends.
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