Quote by Thomas Huxley
History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to be

History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. – 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 man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification. – Thomas Huxley

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Faith
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The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box. – Thomas Huxley

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History portrays everything as if it could not have come otherwise. History is on the side of what happened. – Elias Canetti, The Human Province

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I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class. – Tim Robbins

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For most of our history, no one dared to tell Americans, you dont build that. – Rand Paul

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I dont know the history of my sport. Im not like those people who know everything. – Usain Bolt

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No well-informed person ever imputed inconsistency to another for changing his mind. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well. – Plato

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You know, at the end of the day, the only thing you have is trust and honor in this world. Thats all you have. All you have is your reputation built on trust and your personal honor. When you dont have that anymore, well, you know, there you go. Trust was broken. – George Tenet

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Love may be or it may not, but where it is, it ought to reveal itself in its immensity. – Honore de Balzac

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