"History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions."
― Thomas Huxley
Topic(s):
Poetry
More From Thomas Huxley
- "There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high."
- "Proclaim human equality as loudly as you like, Witless will serve his brother."
- "No slavery can be abolished without a double emancipation, and the master will benefit by freedom more than the freed-man."
More In Poetry
- "What is poetry which does not save nations or people?"― Czeslaw Milosz
- "I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding."― Rita Dove
- "You look at the greatest villains in human history, the fascists, the autocrats, they all wanted people to kneel before them because they don’t love themselves enough."― Tom Hiddleston