Weyl is perhaps the source of the quotation marks that have resulted in the quote being attributed to Galileo. It is, in fact, a translation of the original French, “Galilée … déclare que dans tous ces phénomènes il faut mesurer tout ce qui est mesurable, et tâcher de rendre ...
- Anonymous (often attributed to Abraham Lincoln) All things share the same breath -the beast, the tree, the man...the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.- Chief Seattle (attributed)The full measure of a man isnot to be found in the man himself,but in the colors ...
207 a-b. What all this boils down to, in the opinion of the Webmaster, is the last-stated aphorism would seem to be not the actual words of Archimedes (c. 287 – 212 B.C.), but restatements of the principle attributed to him, formed by other writers centuries after his lifetime. ...
(falsely attributed to Jefferson) If a man can... make a better mousetrap,the world will make a beaten path to his door.- Ralph Waldo Emerson A man is truly ethical only when he obeysthe compulsion to help all life which he is able to assist,and shrinks from injuring anything that ...
And since flowers had to be distinguished from each other, they have attributed graceful analogies to them, dreamy images, pure and passionate names which perpetuate and harmonize in our minds the sensations of gentle charm and violent intoxication with which they inspire us. So it is that ...
Although most scholars have attributed Newton's breakdown to psychological factors, it is possible that mercury poisoning may have been the principal cause," wrote L. W. Johnson and M. L. Wolbarsht "Mercury Poisoning: A probable cause of Isaac Newton's physical and mental ills: Notes and ...
he does to himself.- Chief Seattle (attributed) The sage does not hoard.The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself,Having bestowed all he has on others, he has yet more;having given all he has to others, he is richer still.- Lao Tzu...
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), (attributed On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. Peter Steiner, cartoon in The New Yorker, July 5, 1993 What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. ...
(Attributed to Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German dramatist and playwright - who incidentally wrote the lyrics to the song Mack the Knife.) "Men are disturbed not by events, but by the views which they take of them." (Epictetus, Greek philosopher, c.80AD, from the Enchiridion, a manual...
“Realism… has no more to do with reality than anything else.” Hob Broun read more Funny, Science, Success, Technology Thomas A. Edison on Failure “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” Thomas A. Edison, (attributed) US inventor (1847 – 1931) read...