"A fact in itself is nothing. It is……" — Claude Bernard

"A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes."

— Claude Bernard

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79 Quotes by Claude Bernard

Claude Bernard has 79 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.
Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as…
The investigator should have a robust faith - and yet not believe.
Science does not permit exceptions.
In teaching man, experimental science results in lessening his pride more and more by proving to him every day that…
In the philosophic sense, observation shows and experiment teaches.
Man does not limit himself to seeing; he thinks and insists on learning the meaning of phenomena whose existence has…
Obervation is a passive science, experimentation is an active science.
We must never make experiments to confirm our ideas, but simply to control them.
It is impossible to devise an experiment without a preconceived idea; devising an experiment, we said, is putting a question;…
Even mistaken hypotheses and theories are of use in leading to discoveries. This remark is true in all the sciences.…
Descriptive anatomy is to physiology what geography is to history, and just as it is not enough to know the…

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Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
For some reason, all my characters come to me with their names attached to them. I never have to search… — Paul Auster
When you work in a different language you are not so attached to the words. — Antonio Banderas
All religious leaders and spiritual teachers emphasize finding a place within us that is true. People who obsessively follow these… — Martha Beck
Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain. — Ambrose Bierce
I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to… — Sara Blakely
Nothing is going to stop Mike Tyson that doesn't have a motor attached. — David Brenner
Have a mind that's open to everything, get attached to nothing. — Gary Busey
It's part of a writer's profession, as it's part of a spy's profession, to prey on the community to which… — John le Carre
It was a challenge to be able to create a character without being able to use one's normal set of… — Helena Bonham Carter
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is… — Chanakya
Most men are very attached to the idea of being male, and usually experience a lot of fear and insecurity… — Andrew Cohen

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