The most beautiful things in the world are useless.
Biological taxonomy
A paradoxical statement on aesthetics, attributed.
Uncertain (attributed)
Found in 1 providers: gemini
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"The natural system will always remain the greatest goal for botanists."
Shocking"The knowledge of plants is a science, but the love of plants is an art."
Shocking"The names of plants are the foundation of botany."
Shocking"Yet man does recognise himself [as an animal]. But I ask you and the whole world for a generic differentia between man and ape which conforms to the principles of natural history, I certainly know of …"
Philosophical"The more I study plants, the more I believe in God."
Shocking