It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
A moral being is one who is capable of reflecting on his past actions and their motives - of approving of some and disapproving of others. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
The first half of our lives are ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
A critic is someone who never actually goes to the battle, yet who afterwards comes out shooting the wounded. Nov 30, 2024 - Fabian Biese>