Man in his arrogance thinks himself a great work, worthy of the interposition of a deity. More humble, and I believe truer, to consider him created from animals.
CHARLES DARWINHow paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.
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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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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
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We are always slow in admitting any great change of which we do not see the intermediate steps
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I long to set foot where no man has trod before.
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The limit of man s knowledge in any subject possesses a high interest which is perhaps increased by its close neighbourhood to the realms of imagination.
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We behold the face of nature bright with gladness.
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Much love much trial, but what an utter desert is life without love.
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Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.
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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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An agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind.
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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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The very essence of instinct is that it’s followed independently of reason.
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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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I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone.
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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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