Science rests on reason and experiment, and can meet an opponent with calmness; but a belief is always sensitive.

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Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Human improvement is from within outward.

Human improvement is from within outward.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best...

Instruction does not prevent wasted time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best...

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by...

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by...

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

In everyday things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

The essence of greatness is neglect of the self.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture...

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.

The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human...

The endurance of the inequalities of life by the poor is the marvel of human...

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

Fear is the parent of cruelty.

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes...

The secret of a person's nature lies in their religion and what they really believes...

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.

The first duty of an historian is to be on guard against his own sympathies.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

The better one is morally the less aware they are of their virtue.

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

A person possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with.

We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.

We enter the world alone, we leave the world alone.