The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time…

Thomas Huxley
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The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterly baseless fiction. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley, Henrietta A. Huxley (1908). Aphorisms and reflections
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It is the first duty of a hypothesis to be intelligible. ✨ Man's Place in Nature II (p. 126)
The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (2004). Evolution And Ethics, p.87, 1st World Publishing
Living things have no inertia, and tend to no equilibrium. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (1872). Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews, p.73
Time, whose tooth gnaws away everything else, is powerless against truth. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). Collected Essays, p.255, Cambridge University Press
The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders and commit the fewest sins. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (1997). The Major Prose of Thomas Henry Huxley, p.277, University of Ge … ▶

The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterly baseless fiction. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley, Henrietta A. Huxley (1908). Aphorisms and reflections

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