Quotes by Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley

English biologist

Lived from: 1825 - 1895

Category: Scientists Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 4 may 1825 Died: 29 june 1895

  • The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an island in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land.
  • There is no alleviation for the sufferings of mankind except veracity of thought and of action, and the resolute facing of the world as it is when the garment of make-believe by which pious hands have hidden its uglier features is stripped off.

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  • All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.
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  • The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
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  • A world of facts lies outside and beyond the world of words.
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  • Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.
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  • Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
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  • The great tragedy of science is the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
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  • 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.
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  • Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
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  • Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.
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  • The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an island in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land.
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  • Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
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  • Fact I know; and Law I know; but what is this Necessity, save an empty shadow of my own mind's throwing?
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  • If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?
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  • In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.
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  • It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body.
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  • It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.
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  • It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.
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  • It is the fate of new truths to begin as heresies and end and superstitions.
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  • Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.
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  • No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.
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What are the most famous quotes from Thomas Henry Huxley?

The two most famous quotes from Thomas Henry Huxley are:

  • "All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified."
  • "The great end of life is not knowledge but action."

When did Thomas Henry Huxley live?

Thomas Henry Huxley was born in 1825 and died in the year 1895.