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Henry Thomas Buckle Quotes

He who knows most believes the least Picture Quote #1

In 1776, the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace Picture Quote #1

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it Picture Quote #1

Men are made uneasy; they flinch; they cannot bear the sudden light; a general restlessness supervenes; the face of society is disturbed, or perhaps convulsed; old interests and old beliefs have been destroyed before new ones have been created. These symptoms are the precursors of revolution; they have preceded all the great changes through which the world has passed Picture Quote #1

The great enemy of knowledge is not error, but inertness. All that we want is discussion; and then we are sure to do well, no matter what our blunders may be. One error conflicts with another, each destroys its opponent, and truth is evolved Picture Quote #1

The faculty of art is to change events; the faculty of science is to foresee them. The phenomena with which we deal are controlled by art; they are predicted by science Picture Quote #1

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Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas Picture Quote #1

The duty of a philosopher is clear. He must take every pain to ascertain the truth; and, having arrived at a conclusion, he should noise it abroad far and wide, utterly regardless of what opinions he shocks Picture Quote #1

Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable Picture Quote #1

The actions of bad men produce only temporary evil, the actions of good men only temporary good ; and eventually the good and the evil altogether subside, are neutralized by subsequent generations, absorbed by the incessant movements of future ages. But the discoveries of great men never leave us; they are immortal; they contain those eternal truths which survive the shock of empires, outlive the struggles of rival creeds, and witness the decay of successive religions Picture Quote #1

First doubt, then inquire, then discover. This has been the process with all our great thinkers Picture Quote #1

The clergy, with a few honorable exceptions, have in all modern countries been the avowed enemies of the diffusion of knowledge, the danger of which to their own profession they, by a certain instinct, seem always to have perceived Picture Quote #1

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When the interval between the intellectual classes and the practical classes is too great, the former will possess no influence, the latter will reap no benefit Picture Quote #1

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He who knows most believes the least (Henry Thomas Buckle Quotes) In 1776, the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace (Henry Thomas Buckle Quotes) Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it (Henry Thomas Buckle Quotes) Men are made uneasy; they flinch; they cannot bear the sudden light; a general restlessness supervenes; the face of society is disturbed, or perhaps convulsed; old interests and old beliefs have been destroyed before new ones have been created. These symptoms are the precursors of revolution; they have preceded all the great changes through which the world has passed (Henry Thomas Buckle Quotes) The great enemy of knowledge is not error, but inertness. All that we want is discussion; and then we are sure to do well, no matter what our blunders may be. One error conflicts with another, each destroys its opponent, and truth is evolved (Henry Thomas Buckle Quotes) The faculty of art is to change events; the faculty of science is to foresee them. The phenomena with which we deal are controlled by art; they are predicted by science (Henry Thomas Buckle Quotes) Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas (Henry Thomas Buckle Quotes) The duty of a philosopher is clear. He must take every pain to ascertain the truth; and, having arrived at a conclusion, he should noise it abroad far and wide, utterly regardless of what opinions he shocks (Henry Thomas Buckle Quotes) Sir, the slowness of genius is hard to bear, but the slowness of mediocrity is insufferable (Henry Thomas Buckle Quotes) The actions of bad men produce only temporary evil, the actions of good men only temporary good ; and eventually the good and the evil altogether subside, are neutralized by subsequent generations, absorbed by the incessant movements of future ages. But the discoveries of great men never leave us; they are immortal; they contain those eternal truths which survive the shock of empires, outlive the struggles of rival creeds, and witness the decay of successive religions (Henry Thomas Buckle Quotes) First doubt, then inquire, then discover. This has been the process with all our great thinkers (Henry Thomas Buckle Quotes) The clergy, with a few honorable exceptions, have in all modern countries been the avowed enemies of the diffusion of knowledge, the danger of which to their own profession they, by a certain instinct, seem always to have perceived (Henry Thomas Buckle Quotes) When the interval between the intellectual classes and the practical classes is too great, the former will possess no influence, the latter will reap no benefit (Henry Thomas Buckle Quotes)