Who said "To deny what evidence shows is to deny reality itself."?

This quote is attributed to Georges Cuvier.

To deny what evidence shows is to deny reality itself. - Georges Cuvier

"To deny what evidence shows is to deny reality itself."

Georges Cuvier

Zoologist and Paleontologist French 1769–1832

"The animal is characterised by five senses; commune with nature and you will gain the wisdom of the ages."

"Cuvier's principle of correlation shows us that the parts of an organism must work in harmony."

"In nature, nothing is created, nothing is lost; everything changes."

"The study of fossils reveals the history written in stone."