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Humphry Davy Quotes

The ideal life is that which has few friends, but many acquaintances Picture Quote #1

Consistency in opinion is the slow poison of intellectual life, the destroyer of its vividness and energy Picture Quote #1

Consistency in opinion is the slow poison of intellectual life, the destroyer of its vividness and energy Picture Quote #1

The ready apology covers a multitude of social sins Picture Quote #1

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures Picture Quote #1

There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity Picture Quote #1

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The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by failures Picture Quote #1

I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes Picture Quote #1

The progression of physical science is much more connected with your prosperity than is usually imagined. You owe to experimental philosophy some of the most important and peculiar of your advantages. It is not by foreign conquests chiefly that you are become great, but by a conquest of nature in your own country Picture Quote #1

It must always be borne in mind that the assumption of woman’s social superiority lies at the root of these rules of conduct Picture Quote #1

Nothing tends so much to the advancement of knowledge as the application of a new instrument. The native intellectual powers of men in different times are not so much the causes of the different success of their labours, as the peculiar nature of the means and artificial resources in their possession Picture Quote #1

Fortunately science, like that nature to which it belongs, is neither limited by time nor by space. It belongs to the world, and is of no country and no age. The more we know, the more we feel our ignorance; the more we feel how much remains unknown Picture Quote #1

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We must reason in natural philosophy not from what we hope, or even expect, but from what we perceive Picture Quote #1

Experimental science hardly ever affords us more than approximations to the truth; and whenever many agents are concerned we are in great danger of being mistaken Picture Quote #1

Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are no mysteries in nature, that our triumphs are complete and that there are no new worlds to conquer Picture Quote #1

Every discovery opens a new field for investigation of facts, shows us the imperfection of our theories. It has justly been said, that the greater the circle of light, the greater the boundary of darkness by which it is surrounded Picture Quote #1

Geology, perhaps more than any other department of natural philosophy, is a science of contemplation. It requires no experience or complicated apparatus, no minute processes upon the unknown processes of matter. It demands only an enquiring mind and senses alive to the facts almost everywhere presented in nature. And as it may be acquired without much difficulty, so it may be improved without much painful exertion Picture Quote #1

To me there never has been a higher source of honour or distinction than that connected with advances in science. I have not possessed enough of the eagle in my character to make a direct flight to the loftiest altitudes in the social world; and I certainly never endeavored to reach those heights by using the creeping powers of the reptile, who in ascending, generally chooses the dirtiest path, because it is the easiest Picture Quote #1

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The wealth and prosperity of the country are only the comeliness of the body, the fullness of the flesh and fat; but the spirit is independent of them; it requires only muscle, bone and nerve for the true exercise of its functions. We cannot lose our liberty, because we cannot cease to think Picture Quote #1

I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others; not genius, power, wit, nor fancy; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing Picture Quote #1

When two elements combine and form more than one compound, the masses of one element that react with a fixed mass of the other are in the ratio of small whole numbers Picture Quote #1

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort Picture Quote #1

Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking Picture Quote #1

In the present state of our knowledge, it would be useless to attempt to speculate on the remote cause of the electrical energy... its relation to chemical affinity is, however, sufficiently evident. May it not be identical with it, and an essential property of matter? Picture Quote #1

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The ideal life is that which has few friends, but many acquaintances (Humphry Davy Quotes) Consistency in opinion is the slow poison of intellectual life, the destroyer of its vividness and energy. (Humphry Davy Quotes) Consistency in opinion is the slow poison of intellectual life, the destroyer of its vividness and energy (Humphry Davy Quotes) The ready apology covers a multitude of social sins (Humphry Davy Quotes) The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures (Humphry Davy Quotes) There are very few persons who pursue science with true dignity (Humphry Davy Quotes) The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by failures (Humphry Davy Quotes) I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes (Humphry Davy Quotes) The progression of physical science is much more connected with your prosperity than is usually imagined. You owe to experimental philosophy some of the most important and peculiar of your advantages. It is not by foreign conquests chiefly that you are become great, but by a conquest of nature in your own country (Humphry Davy Quotes) It must always be borne in mind that the assumption of woman’s social superiority lies at the root of these rules of conduct (Humphry Davy Quotes) Nothing tends so much to the advancement of knowledge as the application of a new instrument. The native intellectual powers of men in different times are not so much the causes of the different success of their labours, as the peculiar nature of the means and artificial resources in their possession (Humphry Davy Quotes) Fortunately science, like that nature to which it belongs, is neither limited by time nor by space. It belongs to the world, and is of no country and no age. The more we know, the more we feel our ignorance; the more we feel how much remains unknown (Humphry Davy Quotes) We must reason in natural philosophy not from what we hope, or even expect, but from what we perceive (Humphry Davy Quotes) Experimental science hardly ever affords us more than approximations to the truth; and whenever many agents are concerned we are in great danger of being mistaken (Humphry Davy Quotes) Nothing is so dangerous to the progress of the human mind than to assume that our views of science are ultimate, that there are no mysteries in nature, that our triumphs are complete and that there are no new worlds to conquer (Humphry Davy Quotes) Every discovery opens a new field for investigation of facts, shows us the imperfection of our theories. It has justly been said, that the greater the circle of light, the greater the boundary of darkness by which it is surrounded (Humphry Davy Quotes) Geology, perhaps more than any other department of natural philosophy, is a science of contemplation. It requires no experience or complicated apparatus, no minute processes upon the unknown processes of matter. It demands only an enquiring mind and senses alive to the facts almost everywhere presented in nature. And as it may be acquired without much difficulty, so it may be improved without much painful exertion (Humphry Davy Quotes) To me there never has been a higher source of honour or distinction than that connected with advances in science. I have not possessed enough of the eagle in my character to make a direct flight to the loftiest altitudes in the social world; and I certainly never endeavored to reach those heights by using the creeping powers of the reptile, who in ascending, generally chooses the dirtiest path, because it is the easiest (Humphry Davy Quotes) The wealth and prosperity of the country are only the comeliness of the body, the fullness of the flesh and fat; but the spirit is independent of them; it requires only muscle, bone and nerve for the true exercise of its functions. We cannot lose our liberty, because we cannot cease to think (Humphry Davy Quotes) I envy no quality of the mind or intellect in others; not genius, power, wit, nor fancy; but, if I could choose what would be most delightful, and, I believe, most useful to me, I should prefer a firm religious belief to every other blessing (Humphry Davy Quotes) When two elements combine and form more than one compound, the masses of one element that react with a fixed mass of the other are in the ratio of small whole numbers (Humphry Davy Quotes) Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort (Humphry Davy Quotes) Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking (Humphry Davy Quotes) In the present state of our knowledge, it would be useless to attempt to speculate on the remote cause of the electrical energy... its relation to chemical affinity is, however, sufficiently evident. May it not be identical with it, and an essential property of matter? (Humphry Davy Quotes)