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- There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge,… — Charles Babbage
- Academies that are founded at public expense are instituted not so much to cultivate men's natural abilities as to restrain them. — Baruch Spinoza
- In all our academies we attempt far too much. ... In earlier times lectures were delivered upon chemistry and botany as branches… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Every nation has its prestigious military academies - or so few of them - that reach not only the virtues of peace… — Elie Wiesel
- Every climate scientist has his or her own views on some issues that differ from the mainstream in detail. But the broad… — Ross Garnaut
- Today, Academies of Science use their influence around the world in support of human rights. — John Charles Polanyi
- So many people around the world have used nonviolence as a way to resolve a conflict that they faced in their lives.… — Arun Manilal Gandhi
- Art is not to be taught in Academies. It is what one looks at, not what one listens to, that makes the… — Oscar Wilde
- Furnished as all Europe now is with Academies of Science, with nice instruments and the spirit of experiment, the progress of human… — Benjamin Franklin
- The Academies of Art are nothing but great painting factories - those with talent are fed in at one end, and they… — Edvard Munch
- The public is the tribunal before which all art is judged - not the critics or the academies. The public is the… — Walter J. Phillips
- A whole generation of veteran composers has never taken a stand or provided an example and has produced in the music academies… — Itay Talgam