Quote by Claude Bernard
A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea atta

A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes. – Claude Bernard

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In teaching man, experimental science results in lessening his pride more and more by proving to him every day that primary causes, like the objective reality of things, will be hidden from him forever and that he can only know relations. – Claude Bernard

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The doubter is a true man of science; he doubts only himself and his interpretations, but he believes in science. – Claude Bernard

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Many blunder in business through inability or an unwillingness to adopt new ideas. I have seen many a success turn to failure also, because the thought which should be trained on big things is cluttered up with the burdensome detail of little things. – Philip Delaney

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If you get all the facts, your judgment can be right; if you dont get all the facts, it cant be right. – Bernard Baruch

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Carelessness is worse than a thieve. – Scottish Proverb

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Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. – John Adams

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The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. – John Powell

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