Science is Christian, not when it condemns itself to the letter of things, but when, in the infinitely little, it discovers as many mysteries and as much depth and power as in the infinitely great
Time is the fairest and toughest judge. - Edgar Quinet
Time is the fairest and toughest judge.
- Edgar Quinet
Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while a… - Edgar Quinet
Today as in the time of Pliny and Columella, the hyacinth flourishes in Wales, the periwinkle in Illyria, the daisy on the ruins of Numantia; while a…
What we share with another ceases to be our own. - Edgar Quinet
What we share with another ceases to be our own.
Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue. - Edgar Quinet
Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes… - Edgar Quinet
Universal orthodoxy is enriched by every new discovery of truth: what at first appeared universal, by wishing to stand still, sooner or later becomes…
I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms. - Edgar Quinet
I mistrust the satisfaction which makes a display of the possession of Infinity; that is called fatuity in philosophic terms.
It is certain that if you would have the whole secret of a people, you must enter into the intimacy of their religion. - Edgar Quinet
It is certain that if you would have the whole secret of a people, you must enter into the intimacy of their religion.
Philosophy may be dodged, eloquence cannot. - Edgar Quinet
Philosophy may be dodged, eloquence cannot.
An effeminate education weakens both the mind and the body. - Edgar Quinet
An effeminate education weakens both the mind and the body.
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