"Science is the topography of ignorance." — Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Science is the topography of ignorance."

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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166 Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Oliver Wendell Holmes has 166 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Yes, child of suffering, thou may'st well be sure He who ordained the Sabbath loves the poor!
We are all tattooed in our cradles with the beliefs of our tribe; the record may seem superficial, but it…
I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose.
We call those poets who are first to mark, Through earth's dull mist the coming of the dawn, Who see…
The Indian is but a sketch in red crayon of a rudimental manhood. To the problem of his relation to…
I firmly believe that if the whole material medica, as now used, could be sunk to the bottom of the…
Youth longs and manhood strives, but age remembers.
What we most want to ask of our Maker is an unfolding of the divine purpose in putting human beings…
The sea drowns out humanity and time. It has no sympathy with either, for it belongs to eternity; and of…
Whatever comes from the brain carries the hue of the place it came from, and whatever comes from the heart…
The best servant does his work unseen.
See how he throws his baited lines about,/And plays his men as anglers play their trout.

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To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. — Isaac Asimov
When I read about the way in which library funds are being cut and cut, I can only think that… — Isaac Asimov
Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of… — Isaac Asimov
Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning… — Isaac Asimov
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. — Francis of Assisi
Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up. — Mary Astell
India saw from the beginning, and, even in her ages of reason and her age of increasing ignorance, she never… — Sri Aurobindo
Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which… — Teresa of Avila
If I should say anything that is not in conformity with what is held by the Holy Roman Catholic Church,… — Teresa of Avila
The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the… — Richard Bach
There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the… — Lord Acton

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