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Quote of Charles Darwin - If the misery of the poor...


Biography - Charles Darwin:

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

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



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Quotes for: nature


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Quotes about nature:


Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see.





Truly, art is embedded in nature; he who can extract it, has it.





Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.





Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.





Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.





Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.











Quotes for: poverty


Quotes

Quotes about poverty:


Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice.





Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.





As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.





Abundance makes me poor.





A propensity to hope and joy is real riches: One to fear and sorrow, real poverty.





Another cause of our poverty lies in our new needs.











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Charles Darwin also said...


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





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.





An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.












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