What did George Iles mean by: A superstition is a premature explanation that overstays its time. - George Iles Copy
+ Degree is much: the whole Atlantic might be lukewarm and never boil us a potato. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Iles, Degrees, Potatoes, 0 - George Iles
+ Ignorance may find a truth on its doorstep that erudition vainly seeks in the stars. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Iles, Ignorance, Stars, Truth, 0 - George Iles
+ Form may be of more account than substance. A lens of ice will focus a solar beam to a blaze. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Iles, Focus, Ice, Science, 0 - George Iles
+ Let truth be a banner big enough to hide the man who holds it up. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Iles, Enough, Truth, 0 - George Iles
+ Nothing cools so fast as undue enthusiasm. Water that has boiled freezes sooner than any other. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Iles, Enthusiasm, Science, Water, 0 - George Iles
+ No gun is perfectly true. So the marksman, that he may hit the bull’s-eye, points elsewhere. Feraz Zeid, January 16, 2024January 16, 2024, George Iles, Eye, Gun, Science, 0 - George Iles
Nothing is lost and nothing is created in the operations of art as those of nature. - Louis Pasteur Microbiologist · France
It is the greatest of crimes to depress true art and science. - William Blake Poet and artist · England
Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
It is sometimes important for science to know how to forget the things she is surest of. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
One must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it. - Jean Rostand Biologist · France
It is sometimes well for a blatant error to draw attention to overmodest truths. Explain - Jean Rostand Biologist · France