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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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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Science
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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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Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave. – 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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People can refute your facts, but never your feelings. – Sharon Anthony Bower

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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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Measure three times before you cut once. – Proverb

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Patience is passion tamed. – Lyman Abbott

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I have a great love and respect for religion, great love and respect for atheism. What I hate is agnosticism, people who do not choose. – Orson Welles

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Fear is, I believe, a most effective tool in destroying the soul of an individual – and the soul of a people. – Anwar Sadat

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