Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
CLAUDE BERNARDA great discovery is a fact whose appearance in science gives rise to shining ideas, whose light dispels many obscurities and shows us new paths.
More Claude Bernard Quotes
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If I had to define life in a single phrase, I should clearly express my thought of throwing into relief one characteristic which, in my opinion, sharply differentiates biological science. I should say: life is creation.
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Those who do not know the torment of the unknown cannot have the joy of discovery.
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Science does not permit exceptions.
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Hatred is the most clear- sighted, next to genius.
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In science, the best precept is to alter and exchange our ideas as fast as science moves ahead.
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Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride.
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Effects vary with the conditions which bring them to pass, but laws do not vary. Physiological and pathological states are ruled by the same forces; they differ only because of the special conditions under which the vital laws manifest themselves.
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The better educated we are and the more acquired information we have, the better prepared shall we find our minds for making great and fruitful discoveries.
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Science rejects the indeterminate.
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The mental never influences the physical. It is always the physical that modifies the mental, and when we think that the mind is diseased, it is always an illusion.
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All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.
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The terrain is everything; the germ is nothing.
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Men who believe too firmly in their theories, do not believe enough in the theories of others. So these despisers of their fellows make experiments only to destroy a theory, instead of to seek the truth.
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Priestley said that each discovery we make shows us many others that should be made.
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The stability of the internal medium is a primary condition for the freedom and independence of certain living bodies in relation to the environment surrounding them.
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