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Boiling Quote by Leo Errera

“"Genius is just enduring patience," said Buffon. This is far…” quote by Leo Errera — Download Open image

“"Genius is just enduring patience," said Buffon. This is far from complete. Genius is impatience in ideas and patience with the facts: a lively imagination and a calm judgment, rather like a liquid boiling in a cup that remains cold.”

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La vérité est sur une courbe dont notre ésprit suit éternellement l'asymptote. Truth is on a curve whose asymptote our spirit follows eternally.

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God is the mysterious veil under which we hide our ignorance of the cause.

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Truth is different from error in two respects: it is a little harder to prove and more difficult to admit.

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