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Biography - Charles Darwin:

English naturalist.
Born: 1809 - Died: 1882
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.



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The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.




Quotes for: science


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Quotes about science:


Science without conscience is only ruin of the soul.





The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.





Poetry is related to philosophy as experience is related to empirical science.





Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.





Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.





Science means simply the aggregate of all the recipes that are always successful. All the rest is literature.











Quotes for: ignorance


Quotes

Quotes about ignorance:


The opposite of humility is pride, and all pride is ignorance.





The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.





All I know is that I know nothing.





Ignorance is the mother of all evils.





I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance.





Suppose a man can convince me of error and bring home to me that I am mistaken in thought or act; I shall be glad to alter, for the truth is what I pursue, and no one was ever injured by the truth, whereas he is injured who continues in his own self-deception and ignorance.











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Quotes for: problem


Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.





Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.





As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.





Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.





The solution to the problem, which you see in life, lies in living in a way that makes the problems disappear.





Don't get involved in partial problems, but always take flight to where there is a free view over the whole single great problem, even if this view is still not a clear one.











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How paramount the future is to the present when one is surrounded by children.





If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.





It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.





A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.





A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.





At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world.












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