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Thomas Huxley Quotes

Thomas Huxley quotes

English Scientist May 4, 1825 – June 29, 1895

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The child who has been taught to make an accurate elevation, plan, and section of a pint pot has had an admirable training in accuracy of eye and hand. Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley quote: "Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight..."
Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness. Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley quote: "To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the..."
To a clear eye the smallest fact is a window through which the infinite may be seen. Thomas Huxley
A man has no reason to be ashamed of having an ape for his grandfather. If there were an ancestor whom I should feel shame in recalling it would rather be a man who plunges into scientific questions with which he has no real acquaintance, only to obscure them by an aimless rhetoric.... Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley quote: "Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the..."
Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men. Thomas Huxley
The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to do wrong I am ready to part with on the cheapest terms to anyone who will take it of me. Thomas Huxley
The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses. Thomas Huxley
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
Thomas Huxley quote: "In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely..."
In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact. Thomas Huxley
I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting. Thomas Huxley
The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false. Thomas Huxley
My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations. Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley quote: "The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all..."
The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly and injustice by being damnably sentimental. Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley quote: "Learn what is true in order to do what is right."
Learn what is true in order to do what is right. Thomas Huxley
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. Thomas Huxley

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