Quotes by Scientist

A sign of a smart person is being able to consider an idea without immediately agreeing with it.

In seeking for justice men seek for the mean or neutral, for the law is the mean. Again, customary laws have more weight, and relate to more important matters, than written laws, and a man may be a safer ruler than the written law, but not safer than the customary law.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

The difference between a learned man and an ignorant one is the same as that between a living man and a corpse.

If something's bound to happen, it will happen.. Right time, right person, and for the best reason.

The physician himself, if sick, actually calls in another physician, knowing that he cannot reason correctly if required to judge his own condition while suffering.

The Life of the intellect is the best and pleasantest for man, because the intellect more than anything else is the man. Thus it will be the happiest life as well.

A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.

A wise person doesn't put themselves in unnecessary danger, as there are few things they care deeply enough about; but in big crises, they are willing to give their life, knowing that sometimes life isn't worth living under certain conditions.

Anyone can get angry easily, but it's hard to get angry at the right person, in the right amount, at the right time, for the right reason, and in the right way.