Carl Linnaeus

Women are by nature hysteria-prone because their wombs wander like restless animals inside them.

The African is lazy, crafty, negligent, and governed by caprice.

The American is obstinate, contented, free. He paints himself with red lines and is regulated by custom.

The European is inventive, governed by laws, and wears tight clothing.

Women are more lascivious than men, as is evident from their greater lubricity and their monthly purgations.

The Asiatic is haughty, greedy, and governed by opinions.

The study of nature will reveal the divine order of creation.

The number of species is fixed and unchanging.

Man is the measure of all things, and the animals exist for his sake.

The Negro is a different species from the European.

I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character... by which to distinguish between Man and Ape. I myself most assuredly know of none. But perhaps I should still do it according to the rules of science.

Homo Sapiens. Diurnus; varians cultura, loco. Europaeus albus, Asiaticus luridus, Africanus niger, Americanus rufus.

To live by medicine is to live horribly.

Deus creavit, Linnaeus disposuit. (God created, Linnaeus arranged.)

Homo sapiens, nosce te ipsum. (Man, know thyself.)

If I have been of any service to the world, it is due to my love of animals and plants.

The first step in wisdom is to know the things themselves; this notion consists in having a true idea of the objects; objects are distinguished and known by classifying them methodically and giving them appropriate names.

Natura non facit saltus. (Nature makes no leaps.)

I have seen the Creator in His works.

The names of plants are the foundation of botany.