Quote by Thomas Huxley
I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every

I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men. – Thomas Huxley

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The medieval university looked backwards it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge. – Thomas Huxley

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Knowledge
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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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Gather the crumbs of happiness and they will make you a loaf of contentment. – Author Unknown

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Happiness is the sublime moment when you get out of your corsets at night. – Joyce Grenfell

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I hump the wild to take it all in, there is no bag limit on happiness. – Ted Nugent

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Happiness is having a scratch for every itch. – Ogden Nash

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