In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation.
CARL LINNAEUSIn natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation.
CARL LINNAEUSIf a tree dies, plant another in its place.
CARL LINNAEUSBotany is based on fixed genera.
CARL LINNAEUSA herbarium is better than any illustration; every botanist should make one.
CARL LINNAEUSFragments of the natural method must be sought with the greatest care. This is the first and last desideratum among botanists. Nature makes no jumps. All taxa show relationships on all sides like the countries on a map of the world.
CARL LINNAEUSWe admit as many genera as there are different groups of natural species of which the fructification has the same structure.
CARL LINNAEUSNo one has been a greater botanist or zoologist. No one has written more books, more correctly, more methodically, from personal experience. No one has more completely changed a whole science and started a new epoch.
CARL LINNAEUSThis drink has a magical power. It strengthens the weak, and revives those who have fainted. Those tired after work and physical activity can return their life forces by this drink much sooner than by nourishment. It works as a diuretic, an appetizer, an antitoxin.
CARL LINNAEUSA practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them.
CARL LINNAEUSIf you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too.
CARL LINNAEUSThe plant kingdom covers the entire earth, offering our senses great pleasure and the delights of summer.
CARL LINNAEUSI demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character by which to distinguish between Man and Ape. I myself most assuredly know of none.
CARL LINNAEUSStones grow, plants grow, and live, animals grow live and feel.
CARL LINNAEUSNature’s economy shall be the base for our own, for it is immutable, but ours is secondary. An economist without knowledge of nature is therefore like a physicist without knowledge of mathematics.
CARL LINNAEUSIt is not God, but people themselves who shorten their lives by not keeping physically fit.
CARL LINNAEUSTo live by medicine is to live horribly.
CARL LINNAEUS