There is no sadder sight in the world than to see a beautiful theory killed by a brutal fact.
-- Thomas Huxley
Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
-- Thomas Huxley
The antagonism between science and religion, about which we hear so much, appears to me to be purely factitious.
-- Thomas Huxley
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
-- Thomas Huxley
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
-- Thomas Huxley
The improver of knowledge absolutely refuses to acknowledge authority, as such. For him, skepticism is the highest of duties, blind faith the one unpardonable sin.
-- Thomas Huxley
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