Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.
The necessity of knowing a little about a great many things is the most grievous burden of our day. It deprives us of leisure on the one hand, and of scholarship on the other.
Any fool can know. The point is to understand.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. So is a lot.
My father was trained as a saddler, but in fact as a young man worked in his father's business of rearing and selling cattle, so he grew up in the countryside.
Slowly, my brain let me in on the fact that I had just come this close to dying.
The coolest toys don't have to be bought; they can be built. In fact, sometimes the only way they'll ever exist is if you make them yourself.
Then we'll work a hundred years without physics and chemistry.
We define organic chemistry as the chemistry of carbon compounds.
If we do not allow free thinking in chemistry or biology, why should we allow it in morals or politics?

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