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Useful Quotes by Henri Poincare
- The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes…
- Astronomy is useful because it raises us above ourselves; it is useful because it is grand; .... It shows us how small is man's body,…
- In the old days when people invented a new function they had something useful in mind.
- The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it…
- Invention consists in avoiding the constructing of useless contraptions and in constructing the useful combinations which are in infinite minority.
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- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
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- To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience. — Teresa of Avila
- To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed,… — Charles Babbage
- Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable. — Francis Bacon
- Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what… — Johnny Ball
- The attention of a traveller, should be particularly turned, in the first place, to the various works of Nature, to mark the… — William Bartram
- Be careful that what you write does not offend anybody or cause problems within the company. The safest approach is to remove… — Scott Adams
- Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or… — Mortimer Adler
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