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The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothes

The great tragedy of science – the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. – Thomas Huxley

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No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man. – Thomas Huxley

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The great thing in the world is not so much to seek happiness as to earn peace and self-respect. – Thomas Huxley

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The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth. – William Butler Yeats

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One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody. – Mother Teresa

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Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. – Charles Spurgeon

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No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. – Thomas Carlyle

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