Antoine Lavoisier

Chemistry French 1743 – 1794 376 quotes

Father of modern chemistry, named oxygen and hydrogen

Quotes by Antoine Lavoisier

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

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The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

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The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.

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Believe you can and you're halfway there.

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The mind is like a parachute. It doesn't work if it's not open.

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The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

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We must trust to nothing but facts. These are presented to us by Nature, and cannot deceive. We ought, in every instance, to submit our reasoning to the test of experiment.

Traité Élémentaire de Chimie 1789

It is impossible to make any progress in the investigation of nature without the aid of mathematics.

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The human mind is a wonderful thing, but it is not infallible.

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Science is a tribute to the human spirit.

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The more we know, the more we realize how much we don't know.

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Nature is a vast laboratory, and we are its humble students.

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The pursuit of knowledge is a noble endeavor.

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Every experiment is a question put to nature.

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The universe is a book written in the language of mathematics.

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To live is to experiment.

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The beauty of science lies in its ability to reveal the hidden order of the universe.

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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

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