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Thomas Huxley Quotes

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

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Category:
English Scientist Quotes
Date of Birth:
May 4, 1825
Date of Death:
June 29, 1895
Nationality:
English
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Select Thomas Huxley Quotations:
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
Thomas Huxley

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

Learn what is true in order to do what is right.
Thomas Huxley

Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science.
Thomas Huxley

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

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life.
Thomas Huxley

Misery is a match that never goes out.
Thomas Huxley


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