
“5414. Want of Care does us more Damage than want of Knowledge.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
As quoted in Proceedings of the International Conference on Lasers '87 (1988) edited by F. J. Duarte, p. 1165
“5414. Want of Care does us more Damage than want of Knowledge.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“… an author never does more damage to his readers than when he hides a difficulty.”
... un auteur ne nuit jamais tant à ses lecteurs que quand il dissimule une difficulté.
in the preface of Deux mémoires d'Analyse pure, October 8, 1831, edited by [Jules Tannery, Manuscrits de Évariste Galois, Gauthier-Villars, 1908, 27]
“I know that in a pure heart a wicked person does more damage than a hailstorm in a vineyard.”
Dario, Act II, scene ii.
Theater Quotes
Statement of 1864, quoted in Pamphlets on the Deaf, Dumb & Blind http://books.google.com/books?id=FLcMAQAAIAAJ&q=%22There+is+no+dress+which+embellishes+the+body+more+than+science+does+the+mind%22&dq=%22There+is+no+dress+which+embellishes+the+body+more+than+science+does+the+mind%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UlFgVOWoJY-uyATH1YDACQ&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA
Source: Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay (2001), "Jesus' fraternal relocation of God", p. 84.
“The solution lies in secrecy,” said Medra. “But so does the problem.”
“The Finder” (p. 64)
Earthsea Books, Tales from Earthsea (2001)
Brian, Denis. Pulitzer: A Life, p. 377. John Wiley and Sons, Oct 1, 2001
“Myth does not set out to give lessons in natural science any more than in morals or sociology.”
Mâche, François-Bernard (1983, 1992). Music, Myth and Nature, or The Dolphins of Arion (Musique, mythe, nature, ou les Dauphins d'Arion, trans. Susan Delaney). Harwood Academic Publishers. ISBN 3718653214.