I saw this vast number of animalcules not all through the semen, but only in the liquid matter adhering to the thicker part.
Antonie van LeeuwenhoekAntonie van Leeuwenhoek Examining this water…I found floating therein divers earthy particles, and some green streaks, spirally wound serpent-wise.
Antonie van LeeuwenhoekAntonie van Leeuwenhoek My determination is not to remain stubbornly with my ideas, but I’ll leave them and go over to others as soon as I am shown plausible reasons which I can grasp.
Antonie van LeeuwenhoekAntonie van Leeuwenhoek In the year 1657 I discovered very small living creatures in rain water.
Antonie van LeeuwenhoekAntonie van Leeuwenhoek I’ve never taught one, because if I taught one, I’d have to teach others. I would give myself over to a slavery, whereas I want to stay a free man.
Antonie van LeeuwenhoekAntonie van Leeuwenhoek How inscrutable and incomprehensible are the hidden works of Nature!
Antonie van LeeuwenhoekAntonie van Leeuwenhoek Just as the supposed number may differ from the true number by fully 100, 150, or even 200 in a flock of 600 sheep, so may I be even more out of my reckoning in the case of these very little animalcules.
Antonie van LeeuwenhoekAntonie van Leeuwenhoek How little do we discover in comparison of those things which now are and forever will be hidden from our sight? The whole of which I am fully persuaded no one will ever be able to dive into, and to explain their causes and effects.
Antonie van LeeuwenhoekAntonie van Leeuwenhoek Man comes not from an egg but from an animalcule that is found in male sperm.
Antonie van LeeuwenhoekAntonie van Leeuwenhoek Man has always to be busy with his thoughts if anything is to be accomplished.
Antonie van LeeuwenhoekAntonie van Leeuwenhoek Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto
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