Quote by Charles Darwin
If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin. – Charles Darwin

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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. – Charles Darwin

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I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars. – Charles Darwin

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False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. – Charles Darwin

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You need a little bit of insanity to do great things. – Henry Rollins

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I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. – Isaac Newton

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No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty. – George Eliot

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I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit. – John Steinbeck

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The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end. – Robert Morgan

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With the exception of women, there is nothing on earth so agreeable or necessary to the comfort of man as the dog. – Edward Jesse, Anecdote of Dogs

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There are days when any electrical appliance in the house, including the vacuum cleaner, seems to offer more entertainment possibilities than the TV set. – Harriet van Horne

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When your love contracts in anger, the atmosphere itself feels threatening. But when you’re expansive, no matter what the weather, you’re in an open, windy field with friends. – Rumi

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