Peter of Blois famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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One only passes from the darkness of ignorance to the enlightenment of science if one re-reads with ever-increasing love the works of the ancients. Let the dogs bark, let the pigs grunt! I will nonetheless be a disciple of the ancients. All my care will be for them and the dawn will see me studying them.
-- Peter of Blois
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It seems increasingly dogs are attacking humans in response to their slavery... AND, wildlife in captivity are also attacking their enslavers AND the public... Their messages are loud and clear: LET US OUT AND LEAVE US ALONE!!!
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Whenever I'm about to eat meat I always see my little dog's eyes.
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There is no such thing as chance or accident; the words merely signify our ignorance of some real and immediate cause.
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Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.
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If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth.
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I am putting together a secular bible. My Genesis is when the apple falls on Newton's head.
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Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.
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A people of scholars, if they are physically degenerate, weak-willed and cowardly pacifists, will not storm the heavens, indeed, they will not be able to safeguard their existence on this earth.
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The youthful brain should in general not be burdened with things ninety-five percent of which it cannot use and hence forgets again... In many cases, the material to be learned in the various subjects is so swollen that only a fraction of it remains in the head of the individual pupil, and only a fraction of this abundance can find application, while on the other hand it is not adequate for the man working and earning his living in a definite field.
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The tree of research must be fed from time to time with the blood of bean-counters, for it is its natural manure.
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