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> [The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/the-most-important-of-my-discoveries-have-been-suggested-to-me-by-my/)

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> [“The moment after, I began to respire 20 quarts of unmingled nitrous oxide. A thrilling, extending from the chest to the extremities, was almost immediately produced. I felt a sense of tangible extension highly pleasurable in every limb; my visible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/the-moment-after-i-began-to-respire-20-quarts-of-unmingled-nitrous/)

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## Other authors on Discoveries

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## More by Humphry Davy

> [Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/life-is-made-up-not-of-great-sacrifices-or-duties-but-of-little/)

[Humphry Davy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphry-davy/)

> [But if the two countries or governments are at war, the men of science are not. That would, indeed be a civil war of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/but-if-the-two-countries-or-governments-are-at-war-the-men-of-science/)

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> [This sentiment of self-contempt is a frequent one in young people of both sexes. Their valuation of themselves varies as much as the barometer,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/this-sentiment-of-self-contempt-is-a-frequent-one-in-young-people-of/)

[Humphry Davy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphry-davy/)

> [Consistency in opinion is the slow poison of intellectual life, the destroyer of its vividness and energy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/consistency-in-opinion-is-the-slow-poison-of-intellectual-life-the/)

[Humphry Davy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphry-davy/)

> [Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/nothing-is-so-dangerous-to-the-progress-of-the-human-mind-than-to/)

[Humphry Davy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphry-davy/)

> [Every discovery opens a new field for investigation of facts, shows us the imperfection of our theories. It has justly been said, that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/every-discovery-opens-a-new-field-for-investigation-of-facts-shows-us/)

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> [If I am allowed to give a metaphorical allusion to the future state of the blessed, I should imagine it by the orange-grove in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/if-i-am-allowed-to-give-a-metaphorical-allusion-to-the-future-state/)

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> [The beginning of civilisation is the discovery of some useful arts, by which men acquire property, comforts, or luxuries. The necessity or desire of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/the-beginning-of-civilisation-is-the-discovery-of-some-useful-arts-by/)

[Humphry Davy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphry-davy/)

> [Natural science is founded on minute critical views of the general order of events taking place upon our globe, corrected, enlarged, or exalted by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/natural-science-is-founded-on-minute-critical-views-of-the-general/)

[Humphry Davy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphry-davy/)

> [The three states of the caterpillar, larva, and butterfly have, since the time of the Greek poets, been applied to typify the human being,--its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/the-three-states-of-the-caterpillar-larva-and-butterfly-have-since/)

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> [James Watt was equally distinguished as a natural philosopher and chemist; his inventions demonstrate his profound knowledge of those sciences, and that peculiar characteristic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/james-watt-was-equally-distinguished-as-a-natural-philosopher-and/)

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> [The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/the-most-important-of-my-discoveries-have-been-suggested-to-me-by-my/)

[Humphry Davy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphry-davy/)

> [Mr. Dalton's permanent reputation will rest upon his having discovered a simple principle, universally applicable to the facts of chemistry - in fixing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/mr-dalton-s-permanent-reputation-will-rest-upon-his-having-discovered/)

[Humphry Davy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphry-davy/)

> [Oh, most magnificent and noble Nature! Have I not worshipped thee with such a love As never mortal man before displayed? Adored thee in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/oh-most-magnificent-and-noble-nature-have-i-not-worshipped-thee-with/)

[Humphry Davy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humphry-davy/)

> [“The moment after, I began to respire 20 quarts of unmingled nitrous oxide. A thrilling, extending from the chest to the extremities, was almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humphry-davy/the-moment-after-i-began-to-respire-20-quarts-of-unmingled-nitrous/)

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