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> [Harvey sought for truth in Truth's own book- Creation - which by God himself was writ;And wisely thought 'twas fitNot to read comments only upon it,But on th' original itself to look.Methinks in Art's great circle others standLock'd up together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/harvey-sought-for-truth-in-truth-s-own-book-creation-which-by-god/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

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> [Harvey was not content merely to gather knowledge; he digested and arranged it under the guidance of the faculties which compare and reason. ... Harvey appears to have possessed, in a remarkable degree, the power of persuading and conciliating those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/harvey-was-not-content-merely-to-gather-knowledge-he-digested-and/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

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## Other authors on Harvey

## More by William Harvey

> [I profess to learn and to teach anatomy not from books but from dissections, not from the tenets of Philosophers but from the fabric…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/i-profess-to-learn-and-to-teach-anatomy-not-from-books-but-from/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

> [For the concept of a circuit of the blood does not destroy, but rather advances traditional medicine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/for-the-concept-of-a-circuit-of-the-blood-does-not-destroy-but-rather/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

> [Harvey sought for truth in Truth's own book- Creation - which by God himself was writ;And wisely thought 'twas fitNot to read comments only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/harvey-sought-for-truth-in-truth-s-own-book-creation-which-by-god/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

> [The heart is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the foundation of life, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/the-heart-is-the-household-divinity-which-discharging-its-function/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

> [And so I conclude that blood lives and is nourished of itself and in no way depends on any other part of the body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/and-so-i-conclude-that-blood-lives-and-is-nourished-of-itself-and-in/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

> [There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/there-is-a-lust-in-man-no-charm-can-tame-of-loudly-publishing-his/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

> [There is no perfect knowledge which can be entitled ours, that is innate; none but what has been obtained from experience, or derived in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/there-is-no-perfect-knowledge-which-can-be-entitled-ours-that-is/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

> [I have often wondered and even laughed at those who fancied that everything had been so consummately and absolutely investigated by an Aristotle or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/i-have-often-wondered-and-even-laughed-at-those-who-fancied-that/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

> [Very many maintain that all we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown; nor do philosophers pin their faith to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/very-many-maintain-that-all-we-know-is-still-infinitely-less-than-all/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

> [“...I found the task so truly arduous... that I was almost tempted to think... that the movement of the heart was only to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/i-found-the-task-so-truly-arduous-that-i-was-almost-tempted-to-think/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

> [As art is a habit with reference to things to be done, so is science a habit in respect to things to be known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/as-art-is-a-habit-with-reference-to-things-to-be-done-so-is-science-a/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

> [The heart of animals is the foundation of their life, the sovereign of everything within them, the sun of their microcosm, that upon which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/the-heart-of-animals-is-the-foundation-of-their-life-the-sovereign-of/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

> [Nature is a volume of which God is the author.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/nature-is-a-volume-of-which-god-is-the-author/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

> [I avow myself the partisan of truth alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/i-avow-myself-the-partisan-of-truth-alone/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

> [Civilization is only a series of victories against nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-harvey/civilization-is-only-a-series-of-victories-against-nature/)

[William Harvey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-harvey/)

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