"We may lay it down as an incontestible……" — Antoine Lavoisier
"We may lay it down as an incontestible axiom, that, in all the operations of art and nature, nothing is created; an equal quantity of matter exists both before and after the experiment; the quality and quantity of the elements remain precisely the same; and nothing takes place beyond changes and modifications in the combination of these elements."
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Antoine Lavoisier
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35 Quotes by Antoine Lavoisier
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Vegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to set all of nature in motion.
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I am young and avid for glory.
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