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> [Nomenclature, the other foundation of botany, should provide the names as soon as the classification is made... If the names are unknown knowledge of the things also perishes... For a single genus, a single name.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/nomenclature-the-other-foundation-of-botany-should-provide-the-names/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

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> [Botany is based on fixed genera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/botany-is-based-on-fixed-genera/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

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## More by Carl Linnaeus

> [Stones grow, plants grow, and live, animals grow live and feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/stones-grow-plants-grow-and-live-animals-grow-live-and-feel/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

> [Nomenclature, the other foundation of botany, should provide the names as soon as the classification is made... If the names are unknown knowledge of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/nomenclature-the-other-foundation-of-botany-should-provide-the-names/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

> [ The names of the plants ought to be stable \[certa\], consequently they should be given to stable genera. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/the-names-of-the-plants-ought-to-be-stable-certa-consequently-they/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

> [ Yet man does recognise himself \[as an animal\]. But I ask you and the whole world for a generic differentia between man and ape… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/yet-man-does-recognise-himself-as-an-animal-but-i-ask-you-and-the/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

> [The first step in wisdom is to know the things themselves; this notion consists in having a true idea of the objects; objects are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/the-first-step-in-wisdom-is-to-know-the-things-themselves-this-notion/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

> [To live by medicine is to live horribly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/to-live-by-medicine-is-to-live-horribly/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

> [A herbarium is better than any illustration; every botanist should make one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/a-herbarium-is-better-than-any-illustration-every-botanist-should/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

> [The plant kingdom covers the entire earth, offering our senses great pleasure and the delights of summer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/the-plant-kingdom-covers-the-entire-earth-offering-our-senses-great/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

> [When all the thoughts are concerning one thing and the person loses interest in other things, the melancholy begins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/when-all-the-thoughts-are-concerning-one-thing-and-the-person-loses/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

> [There are some viviparous flies, which bring forth 2,000 young. These in a little time would fill the air, and like clouds intercept the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/there-are-some-viviparous-flies-which-bring-forth-2-000-young-these/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

> [Botany is based on fixed genera.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/botany-is-based-on-fixed-genera/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

> [All the species recognized by Botanists came forth from the Almighty Creator's hand, and the number of these is now and always will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/all-the-species-recognized-by-botanists-came-forth-from-the-almighty/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

> [I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character... by which to distinguish between Man and Ape.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/i-demand-of-you-and-of-the-whole-world-that-you-show-me-a-generic-2/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

> [“¿Qué tiene de extraño que yo no vea a Dios si no puedo ver siquiera al Yo que vive en mí?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/qu-tiene-de-extra-o-que-yo-no-vea-a-dios-si-no-puedo-ver-siquiera-al/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

> [Linnea… A plant of Lapland, lowly, insignificant, disregarded, flowering but for a brief space - from Linnaeus who resembles it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-linnaeus/linnea-a-plant-of-lapland-lowly-insignificant-disregarded-flowering/)

[Carl Linnaeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-linnaeus/)

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