"The greater part of critics are parasites, who,……" — Joseph Priestley
"The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write."
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Joseph Priestley
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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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Could we have entered into the mind of Sir Isaac Newton, and have traced all the steps by which he…
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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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