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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It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy. – Thomas Huxley

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Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth. – Thomas Huxley

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Time
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In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them. – Thomas Huxley

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History: a collection of epitaphs. – Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary

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Although… the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States. – James K. Polk

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Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk. – Sally Field

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I dont believe in accidents. There are only encounters in history. There are no accidents. – Pablo Picasso

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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind. We wallow in nostalgia but manage to get it all wrong. True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories… but American-style nostalgia is about as ephemeral as copyrighted d?j? vu. – Florence King

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