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Bernard, Claude -- An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine...

Ardent desire for knowledge, in fact, is the one motive attracting and supporting investigators in their efforts; and just this knowledge, really grasped and yet always flying before them, becomes at...

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Bernard, Claude -- Leçons de Pathologie Expérimentale (1872)

Science admits no exceptions; otherwise there would be no determinism in science, or rather, there would be no science. Claude Bernard (1813-1878) French physiologist, scientistLeçons de Pathologie...

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Verne, Jules -- Journey to the Center of the Earth [Voyage au centre de la...

Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors which is was good to fall into, for they led to the truth. Jules Verne (1828-1905) French novelist, poet, playwright Journey to the...

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Shaftesbury, Earl of -- Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times,...

‘Tis not Wit merely, but a Temper which must form the Well-Bred Man. In the same manner, ’tis not a Head merely, but a Heart and Resolution which must compleat the real Philosopher. Anthony Cooper, 3rd...

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Bernard, Claude -- An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine...

When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported by great names and generally accepted. Claude Bernard...

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Kepler, Johannes -- De fundamentis astrologiae certioribus, Foreward (1601)

He who will please the crowd and for the sake of the most ephemeral renown will either proclaim those things which nature does not display or even will publish genuine miracles of nature without regard...

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Bernard, Claude -- An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine...

Theories are only verified hypotheses, verified by more or less numerous facts. Those verified by the most facts are the best, but even then they are never final, never to be absolutely believed....

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Bernard, Claude -- An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine...

Indeed, proof that a given condition always precedes or accompanies a phenomenon does not warrant concluding with certainty that a given condition is the immediate cause of that phenomenon. It must...

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Bernard, Claude -- Bulletin of New York Academy of Medicine, Vol. 4 (1928)

Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride. Claude Bernard (1813-1878) French physiologist, scientistBulletin of New York Academy of Medicine, Vol. 4 (1928)

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White, E.B. -- “The Preaching Humorist,” The Saturday Review of Literature...

Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the purely scientific mind. E.B. White (1899-1985) American author, critic, humorist...

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Kepler, Johannes -- The Harmonies of the World [Harmonices Mundi], Book 5,...

Now because 18 months ago the first dawn, three months ago broad daylight, but a very few days ago the full sun of the most highly remarkable spectacle has risen — nothing holds me back. I can give...

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Bernard, Claude -- Bulletin of New York Academy of Medicine, Vol. 4 (1928)

Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown. Claude Bernard (1813-1878) French physiologist, scientistBulletin of New York Academy of Medicine, Vol. 4 (1928)

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Kepler, Johannes -- Astronomi Opera Omnia, Vol. 1 (1858) [ed. Frisch (1858),...

Indeed I reply in a single word to the sentiments of the saints on these questions about nature; in theology, to be sure, the force of authorities is to be weighed, in philosophy, however, that of...

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Lessing, Gotthold -- Anti-Goeze (1778)

The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. It is not possession of the Truth, but rather the...

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Tuchman, Barbara -- “The Book,” Lecture, Library of Congress (17 Oct 1979)

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature, dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Without books, the development of civilization...

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Shakespeare, William -- Hamlet, Act 1, sc. 5, l. 166 (1600)

HAMLET: There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poetHamlet, Act 1, sc. 5, l. 166 (1600)

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Coon, Gene -- Star Trek, 3×06 “Spectre of the Gun” (25 Oct 1968) [writing as...

SPOCK: Physical reality is consistent with universal laws. Where the laws do not operate, there is no reality. Gene L. Coon (1924-1973) American screenwriter and television producerStar Trek, 3×06...

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Brecht, Bertholt -- Life of Galileo [Leben des Galilei], sc. 13 (1939)

ANDREA: Science has only one commandment: contribution. Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) German poet, playwright, director, dramaturgistLife of Galileo [Leben des Galilei], sc. 13 (1939) Alt. trans.:...

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Keyes, Daniel -- Flowers for Algernon (novel) (1966)

Another fine quotation from WIST - Wish I'd Said That! . No one really starts anything new, Mrs Nemur. Everyone builds on other men’s failures. There is nothing really original in science. What each...

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Brecht, Bertholt -- Life of Galileo [Leben des Galilei], sc. 13 (1939)

ANDREA: The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set some limit on infinite error. Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) German poet, playwright, director, dramaturgistLife of Galileo...

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