October 13, 2004
Quotes
Here are some good quotes I found while browsing around. Stay tuned for the Latin translations if you're lazy and don't want to google them....
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I've found it!) but " That's funny ..."
- Isaac Asimov
The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.
- Richard Cecil
Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
Accipere quam facere praestat injuriam.
(Cicero, Tusculanae disputationes)
Pessimum inimicorum genus, laudantes.
(Tacitus, Agricola)
Nemo fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
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