Author: Charles Darwin

Quotes

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.

To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact.

- Charles Darwin

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

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

- Charles Darwin

On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation.

On the ordinary view of each species having been independently created, we gain no scientific explanation.

- Charles Darwin

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.

- Charles Darwin

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

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

- Charles Darwin

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

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

- Charles Darwin

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

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

- Charles Darwin

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

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

- Charles Darwin

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.

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.

- Charles Darwin

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