Truth Quotes

What is truth? These quotes explore honesty, reality, and the courage it takes to face both.

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"Extinct species remind us that existence is not guaranteed."
Richard Owen
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"Truth in natural philosophy is revealed through careful observation."
Richard Owen
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"The pursuit of truth is the highest calling."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"Every organism reflects a portion of universal truth."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"The past is written in stone; our task is merely to become better readers."
Georges Cuvier
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"The stone speaks more truthfully than the legend ever could."
Georges Cuvier
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"To deny evidence is to deny the very foundation of learning."
Georges Cuvier
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"The order we perceive in nature is not imposed; it is revealed."
Georges Cuvier
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"Nature tolerates no contradiction; her truths are absolute and eternal."
Georges Cuvier
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"In the careful study of anatomy, all pretense falls away."
Georges Cuvier
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"The most profound truths are often hidden in the smallest details of nature."
Hugo de Vries
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"It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"Truth is the scaffolding upon which we build until we can dispense with it."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."
Thomas Henry Huxley
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"The study of nature brings one closer to truth."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"Precision in observation leads to truth."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"Knowledge begins with careful observation and honest description."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"Nature does not deceive; we deceive ourselves through ignorance."
Carolus Linnaeus
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"Truth emerges only from the patient accumulation of facts."
Richard Owen
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"Nature operates according to principles, not caprices."
Richard Owen
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"The skeleton reveals what flesh conceals."
Richard Owen
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"Nature speaks in the grammar of structure and adaptation."
Richard Owen
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"The bone is the most honest record of a creature's life."
Richard Owen
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"Every bone preserves the conversation between form and function."
Richard Owen
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"Lamarckism is beautiful in conception but contradicted by every careful observation."
August Weismann
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"Natural law is not cruel; it is merely indifferent to our moral sensibilities."
August Weismann
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"Natural selection has no foresight, no plan, no ultimate purpose."
August Weismann
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"We must look to nature not for morality but for understanding."
August Weismann
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"Evolution proceeds without consciousness, intention, or moral direction."
August Weismann
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"The struggle for existence is not tragedy but the fundamental condition of life."
August Weismann