"The chemists are a strange class of mortals, impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasures amid smoke and vapor, soot and flame, poisons and poverty; yet among all these evils I seem to live so sweetly that may I die if I were to change places with the Persian king."

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Source : "Physica subterranea". Book by Johann Joachim Becher, 1669.

Johann Joachim Becher

#Change Quotes #Kings Quotes #Flames Quotes

“Some people learn by the mistakes of others, but most of us are the others.”
“When April winds Grew soft, the maple burst into a flush Of scarlet flowers. The tulip tree, high up, Opened in airs of June her multiple OF golden chalices to humming birds And silken-wing'd insects of the sky.”
“I press my eyes shut and will the thoughts away. But they refuse to comply, and instead, they lodge themselves in the crevasses of my brain, poking out just enough that I know they're still with me, like a tiny splinter in your baby toe that gnaws away at you with every step you take.”

Source : Allison Winn Scotch (2008). “Time of My Life: A Novel”, p.12, Broadway Books
“Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished.”
“Small things lead to big changes.”
“If I have a monument in this world, it is my son.”
“What family doesn't have its ups and downs?”
“I've probably saved thousands of peoples' lives with my educational message on snake bites, how to get in around venomous anything.”

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