"When alchemists first learned how to distill spirits, they called it aqua vitae, the water of life, and far from considering it the work of the devil, they thought the discovery was divinely inspired."

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Source : "Good Spirits". Book by Gene Logsdon, 1999.

Gene Logsdon

#Discovery Quotes #Aqua Quotes #Water Of Life Quotes

“Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try.”
“You ever get any death threats? How about ex-husbands or ex-boyfriends? You run over anyone recently?â€ ~ Morelli”
“When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men.”
“Man invents war. Man discovers peace. He invents war from without. He discovers peace from within. War man throws. Peace man sows. The smile of war is the flood of human blood. The smile of peace is the love, below, above.”
“If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.”
“I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.”
“Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store? Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find Thee sitting careless on a granary floor, Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind; Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep, Drows'd with the fume of poppies, while thy hook Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers.”
“... a result once generally accepted by mathematicians is seldom retracted, and then only with great pangs. The Nature of Mathematics”

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