A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
Letter to his sister Susan Darwin (1836)
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Charles Darwin quotes
1809-1882 ยท Scientists and inventors
English naturalist whose theory of evolution by natural selection changed biology.
4 quotes, 4 traced to where Darwin said or wrote them.
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.
The Descent of Man (1871), Introduction
Science consists in grouping facts so that general laws or conclusions may be drawn from them.
Autobiography (written 1876, published 1958)
I have deeply regretted that I did not proceed far enough at least to understand something of the great leading principles of mathematics, for men thus endowed seem to have an extra sense.
Autobiography, in The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin (1887)