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> [Examining this water...I found floating therein divers earthy particles, and some green streaks, spirally wound serpent-wise...and I judge that some of these little creatures were above a thousand times smaller than the smallest ones I have ever yet seen, upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/examining-this-water-i-found-floating-therein-divers-earthy-particles/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

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## More by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

> [If any person examines by the microscope that part towards the extremity of the spider's body from whence its thread proceeds, he will observe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/if-any-person-examines-by-the-microscope-that-part-towards-the/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

> [In rain water, I observed a small red worm and two other kinds of very minute insects; of those of the larger size, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/in-rain-water-i-observed-a-small-red-worm-and-two-other-kinds-of-very/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

> [I have often endeavoured to view the circulation of the blood in terrestrial animals, but without success, by reason that no parts of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/i-have-often-endeavoured-to-view-the-circulation-of-the-blood-in/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

> [In treating of the oak, I have considered that the species of it growing in warm climates is superior to that which is produced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/in-treating-of-the-oak-i-have-considered-that-the-species-of-it/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

> [I observed certain animalcules, within whole bodies I saw so quick a motion as to exceed belief; they were about the size of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/i-observed-certain-animalcules-within-whole-bodies-i-saw-so-quick-a/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

> [Whenever I found something remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/whenever-i-found-something-remarkable-i-have-thought-it-my-duty-to/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

> [Man comes not from an egg but from an animalcule that is found in male sperm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/man-comes-not-from-an-egg-but-from-an-animalcule-that-is-found-in/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

> [ I've spent more time than many will believe \[making microscopic observations\], but I've done them with joy, and I've taken no notice those who… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/i-ve-spent-more-time-than-many-will-believe-making-microscopic/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

> [I have divers times endeavoured to see and to know, what parts the Blood consists of; and at length I have observ'd, taking some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/i-have-divers-times-endeavoured-to-see-and-to-know-what-parts-the/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

> [Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/whenever-i-found-out-anything-remarkable-i-have-thought-it-my-duty-to/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

> [The 4th sort of creatures... which moved through the 3 former sorts, were incredibly small, and so small in my eye that I judged,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/the-4th-sort-of-creatures-which-moved-through-the-3-former-sorts-were/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

> [How inscrutable and incomprehensible are the hidden works of Nature!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/how-inscrutable-and-incomprehensible-are-the-hidden-works-of-nature/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

> [I must confess... I don't know any tongue but the Nether-Dutch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/i-must-confess-i-don-t-know-any-tongue-but-the-nether-dutch/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

> [I have oft-times been besought, by divers gentlemen, to set down on paper what I have beheld through my newly invented microscopia, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/i-have-oft-times-been-besought-by-divers-gentlemen-to-set-down-on/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

> [If we now plainly perceive that the passage of the blood from the arteries into the veins of the tadpole is not performed in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/if-we-now-plainly-perceive-that-the-passage-of-the-blood-from-the/)

[Antonie van Leeuwenhoek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonie-van-leeuwenhoek/)

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