Quote of Charles Darwin - To kill an error is as...
Biography - Charles Darwin:
English naturalist.
Born: 1809 - Died: 1882
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Born: 1809 - Died: 1882
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.
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Quotes about mistake:
What is tolerance? It is the endowment of humanity. We are all steeped in weakness and error; let us forgive each other our stupidities, that is the first law of nature.
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
Quotes for: fact
The thing done avails, and not what is said about it. An original sentence, a step forward, is worth more than all the censures.
When you are studying any matter, or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only: What are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts bear out. Never let yourself be diverted, either by what you wish to believe, or what you think could have beneficent social effects if it were believed; but look only and solely at what are the facts.
Quotes for: truth
To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.
Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.
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