"Could we have entered into the mind of……" — Joseph Priestley
"Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he produced his great works, we might see nothing very extraordinary in the process."
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21 Quotes by Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley has 21 quotes on this site.
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In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others.
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The greater is the circle of light, the greater is the boundary of the darkness by which it is confined.…
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It pleased God to make one nation the medium of all His communications with mankind: This the nation of the…
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But it is not given to every electrician to die in so glorious a manner as the justly envied Richmann.
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It is no use speaking in soft, gentle tones if everyone else is shouting.
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The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write.
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This is unfortunately a world in which things find it difficult, frequently impossible, to live up to their names.
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To me there is in happiness an element of self-forgetfulness. You lose yourself in something outside yourself when you are…
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Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider…
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What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of…
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In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others of which we could have no…
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I have procured air [oxygen] ... between five and six times as good as the best common air that I…
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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