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.

Quote by Thomas Huxley

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There is but one right, and the possibilities of wrong are infinite.

There is but one right, and the possibilities of wrong are infinite.

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,...

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...

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.

Misery is a match that never goes out.

Misery is a match that never goes out.

The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world....

The struggle for existence holds as much in the intellectual as in the physical world....

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...

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly...

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly...

Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively...

Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively...

Nothing can be more incorrect than the assumption one sometimes meets with, that physics has...

Nothing can be more incorrect than the assumption one sometimes meets with, that physics has...

The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by...

The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by...

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.

Ecclesiasticism in science is only unfaithfulness to truth.

No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by...

No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by...

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely.

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly...

The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly...

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 only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to...

The only freedom I care about is the freedom to do right; the freedom to...

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold...

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold...

My experience of the world is that things left to themselves don't get right.

My experience of the world is that things left to themselves don't get right.