Robert Aris Willmott Quotes
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The history of men of science has one peculiar advantage, as it shows the importance of little things in producing great results. Smeaton learned his…
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No canvas absorbs colour like memory.
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The discovery of one star is the promise of another.
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Newton found that a star, examined through a glass tarnished by smoke, was diminished into a speck of light. But no smoke ever breathed so…
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In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are empty.
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Attention makes the genius; all learning, fancy, science and skills depend upon it. Newton traced his discoveries to it. It builds bridges, opens new worlds,…
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Some gifted adventurer is always sailing round the world of art and science, to bring home costly merchandise from every port.
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Education is the apprenticeship of life
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Genius finds its own road and carries its own lamp.
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Genius is nourished from within and without.
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A first book has some of the sweetness of a first love.
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No canvas absorbs color like memory.
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In literature and art memory is a synonyme for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are empty.
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