Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends.
CHARLES DARWINNothing exists for itself alone, but only in relation to other forms of life.
More Charles Darwin Quotes
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Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult, at least I have found it so – than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind.
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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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The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
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What a book a devil’s chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature!
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An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
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I am not apt to follow blindly the lead of other men.
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What wretched doings come from the ardor of fame; the love of truth alone would never make one man attack another bitterly.
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For the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear.
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It is impossible to concieve of this immense and wonderful universe as the result of blind chance or necessity.
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Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions.
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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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Some call it evolution, And others call it God.
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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
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A language, like a species, when extinct, never – reappears.
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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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The normal food of man is vegetable.
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We stopped looking for monsters under our bed when we realized that they were inside us.
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In conclusion, it appears that nothing can be more improving to a young naturalist, than a journey in distant countries.
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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 have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.
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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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Such simple instincts as bees making a beehive could be sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.
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I am dying by inches, from not having any body to talk to about insects.
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Besides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral.
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A man’s friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.
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I am not the least afraid to die.
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