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Discovery Quotes by Rene Descartes
- Thus each truth discovered was a rule available in the discovery of subsequent ones.
- These long chains of perfectly simple and easy reasonings by means of which geometers are accustomed to carry out their most difficult demonstrations had led…
- The rainbow is such a remarkable phenomenon of nature, and its cause has been so meticulously sought after by inquiring minds throughout the ages, that…
- I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have…
- For I found myself embarrassed with so many doubts and errors that it seemed to me that the effort to instruct myself had no effect…
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- It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between. — Diane Ackerman
- They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. — Francis Bacon
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- Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for their citizens. — Bob Beauprez
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- For the artist, drawing is discovery. And that is not just a slick phrase; it is quite literally true. — John Berger
- Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but… — Alexander Graham Bell
- With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery. — Paul Berg
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