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We could live at the present day without a Plato, but a double number of Newtons is required to discover the secrets of nature, and to bring life into harmony with the laws of nature.

We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.

I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

In the case of news, we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.