If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise the whole animal world into dignity, leaving man as far in advance as he is at present

Quote by George Eliot

Topics: Dignity Quotes, Mankind Quotes, Theory Quotes, Truth Quotes

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are...

Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow

Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite...

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite...

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

Ignorance gives one a large range of probabilities

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the...

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must...

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

The most solid comfort one can fall back upon is the thought that the business...

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we...

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one...

That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one...

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we...

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we...

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness!

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful...

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern...

And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern...

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who...

Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who...

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

It is never too late to be who you might have been.

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be,...

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be,...

High school is about finding who you are, because that's more important than trying to...

High school is about finding who you are, because that's more important than trying to...

Accept what you can't change...change what you can't accept.

Accept what you can't change...change what you can't accept.

I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

I'd rather be partly great than entirely useless.

We find comfort among those who agree with us -- growth among those who don't.

We find comfort among those who agree with us -- growth among those who don't.

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and...

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and...

What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of...

What are the aims which are at the same time duties? They are perfecting of...