Quotations on Instinct | Quotations: 9 | Pages: 1
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by Jean de La Fontaine
(July 8, 1621 - April 14, 1695) |
'Tis thus we heed no instincts but our own, Believe no evil, till the evil's done. |
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by William Wordsworth
(April 7, 1770 - April 23, 1850) |
A few strong instincts and a few plain rules. |
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by Alexander Pope
(May 21, 1688 - May 30, 1744) |
But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit. |
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by Alexander Pope
(May 21, 1688 - May 30, 1744) |
How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine! 'Twixt that and reason what a nice barrier! Forever sep'rate, yet forever near! |
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by Bertrand Arthur William Russell
(May 18, 1872 - February 2, 1970) |
If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the oth ... |
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by William Shakespeare
(April 23, 1564 - April 23, 1616) |
Instinct is a great matter. I was now a coward on instinct. |
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by Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. |
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by Charles Darwin
(February 12, 1809 - April 19, 1882) |
The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason. |
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by Marcus Tullius Cicero
(03.01.106 BC - 07.12.43 BC) |
The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes by instinct. |
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