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A world of facts lies outside and beyond the world of words.
Facts
Thomas H. Huxley

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All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.
Common Sense
Thomas H. Huxley

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

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Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.
Knowledge
Thomas H. Huxley

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If a little knowledge is dangerous, where is the man who has so much as to be out of danger?
Danger
Thomas H. Huxley

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In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.
Science and Scientists
Thomas H. Huxley

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Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.
Truth
Thomas H. Huxley

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It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.
Right and Rightness
Thomas H. Huxley

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It is the fate of new truths to begin as heresies and end and superstitions.
Truth
Thomas H. Huxley

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Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.
Consequences
Thomas H. Huxley

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Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.
Perseverance
Thomas H. Huxley

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Science is nothing, but trained and organized common sense.
Common Sense
Thomas H. Huxley

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The foundation of morality is to have done, once and for all, with lying
Morality
Thomas H. Huxley

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The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Action
Thomas H. Huxley

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The great tragedy of science is the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.
Science and Scientists
Thomas H. Huxley

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The world makes up for all its follies and injustices by being damnably sentimental.
Sentiment
Thomas H. Huxley

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

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Time, whose tooth gnaws away at everything else, is powerless against truth.
Time and Time Management
Thomas H. Huxley

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Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.
Learning
Thomas H. Huxley

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun