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.

Quote by Thomas Huxley

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It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may,...

It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may,...

Misery is a match that never goes out.

Misery is a match that never goes out.

Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation.

Size is not grandeur, and territory does not make a nation.

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

It is the customary fate of new truths, to begin as heresies, and to end...

It is the customary fate of new truths, to begin as heresies, and to end...

The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them....

The more rapidly truth is spread among mankind the better it will be for them....

If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better...

If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better...

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived...

Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived...

I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic'.

I took thought, and invented what I conceived to be the appropriate title of 'agnostic'.

I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what...

I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what...

I believe that history might be, and ought to be, taught in a new fashion...

I believe that history might be, and ought to be, taught in a new fashion...

The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their...

The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their...

The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders...

The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders...

The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man...

The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man...

The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly...

The world is neither wise nor just, but it makes up for all its folly...

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.

The child who has been taught to make an accurate elevation, plan, and section of...

The child who has been taught to make an accurate elevation, plan, and section of...

In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as...

In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as...

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.

Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one's...

Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one's...