"A fool, Mr, Edgeworth, is one who has……" — Erasmus Darwin

"A fool, Mr, Edgeworth, is one who has never made an experiment."

— Erasmus Darwin

Experiment Quotes Experiments Quotes Fool Quotes Inspirational Quotes Made Quotes Mr Quotes Never Made Quotes One Quotes

25 Quotes by Erasmus Darwin

Erasmus Darwin has 25 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

From the sexual, or amatorial, generation of plants new varieties, or improvements, are frequently obtained; as many of the young…
Owing to the imperfection of language the offspring is termed a new animal, but it is in truth a branch…
The great CREATOR of all things has infinitely diversified the works of his hands, but has at the same time…
Some philosophers have been of opinion that our immortal part acquires during this life certain habits of action or of…
To respect the cat is the beginning of the aesthetic sense.
We hence acquire this sublime and interesting idea; that all the calcareous mountains in the world, and all the strata…
Life is a forced state! I am surprized that we live, rather than that our friends die.
There are some modern practitioners, who declaim against medical theory in general, not considering that to think is to theorize;…
Such is the condition of organic nature! whose first law might be expressed in the words 'Eat or be eaten!'…
The colours of insects and many smaller animals contribute to conceal them from the larger ones which prey upon them.…
Till o'er the wreck, emerging from the storm, Immortal Nature lifts her changeful form: Mounts from her funeral pyre on…
In fact the a priori reasoning is so entirely satisfactory to me that if the facts won't fit in, why…

See all 25 quotes by Erasmus Darwin »

More Experiment Quotes

This quote is filed under Experiment Quotes, one of 763 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

I never experiment with anything in my books. Experimentation means you don't know what you're doing. — Paul Auster
Humanity is a failed experiment, but I think I'm God and I'd like to start over. I don't want to… — Roseanne Barr
Having robbed children of any sense that their Father is in Heaven and that they are His creation, we then… — Gary Bauer
We're giving our freedoms away. The American experiment was about freedom. Freedom to be stupid, freedom to fail, freedom to… — Glenn Beck
I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot… — Jeff Bezos
The true method of knowledge is experiment. — William Blake
I think some of this fascination with the 'Arab Spring' is just a grand experiment with Israel's survival. — John Bolton
I look back at the looks I've had over the years. I'm proud of myself that I had the courage… — Christina Aguilera
I get to experiment with a lot of looks with my character so that's really fun for me. It's like… — Sophia Bush
'Green Screen' was a total experiment. I'm glad we did it, but it was just tough on that network to… — Drew Carey
But it can be hard to experiment when you're in a band. — Julian Casablancas
A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a new focus, a new ratio… — John Jay Chapman

See all 763 Experiment Quotes »