Louis Pasteur, 1822 - 1895
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Born: 27 December 1822, Dole, Jura, Franche-Comté, France
Died: 28 September 1895, Marnes-la-Coquette, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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- A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world. permalink
Louis Pasteur - Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism. permalink
Louis Pasteur - I am on the edge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner. permalink
Louis Pasteur - Imagination should give wings to our thoughts but we always need decisive experimental proof, and when the moment comes to draw conclusions and to interpret the gathered observations, imagination must be checked and documented by the factual results of the experiment. permalink
Louis Pasteur - In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind. permalink
Louis Pasteur - It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes. permalink
Louis Pasteur - Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity. permalink
Louis Pasteur - Science advances through tentative answers to a series of more and more subtle questions which reach deeper and deeper into the essence of natural phenomena. permalink
Louis Pasteur - Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence. permalink
Louis Pasteur - The greatest derangement of the mind is to believe in something because one wishes it to be so. permalink
Louis Pasteur - The greatest disorder of the mind is to let will direct it. permalink
Louis Pasteur - There does not exist a category of science to which one can give the name applied science. There are science and the applications of science, bound together as the fruit of the tree which bears it. permalink
Louis Pasteur - When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. permalink
Louis Pasteur
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