"Such is the privilege of genius; it perceives,……" — Francois Arago
"Such is the privilege of genius; it perceives, it seizes relations where vulgar eyes see only isolated facts."
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9 Quotes by Francois Arago
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To get to know, to discover, to publish-this is the destiny of a scientist.
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On certain occasions, the eyes of the mind can supply the want of the most powerful telescopes, and lead to…
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A time will come when the science of destruction shall bend before the arts of peace; when the genius which…
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In the experimental sciences, the epochs of the most brilliant progress are almost always separated by long intervals of almost…
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The ancients had a taste, let us say rather a passion, for the marvellous, which caused ... grouping together the…
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The calculus of probabilities, when confined within just limits, ought to interest, in an equal degree, the mathematician, the experimentalist,…
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Let us award a just, a brilliant homage to those rare men whom nature has endowed with the precious privilege…
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I was often humiliated to see men disputing for a piece of bread, just as animals might have done. My…
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No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.
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It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and…
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Keep your ears open, your eyes open, grab everything you can, react, and learn!
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Apart from anything else, I am designed by evolution, like we all are: if we see a little thing like…
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An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.
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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He…
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