The very essence of instinct is that it’s followed independently of reason.
CHARLES DARWINWe are not here concerned with hopes or fears, only with truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it.
More Charles Darwin Quotes
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It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine.
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Building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.
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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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Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.
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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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For the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear.
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A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives – of approving of some and disapproving of others.
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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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The willing horse is always overworked.
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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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The most energetic workers I have encountered in my world travels are the vegetarian miners of Chile.
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A man’s friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
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A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn’t there.
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We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universe, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act.
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We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence.
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