Showing posts with label discovery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label discovery. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Thought for Today

"We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery."

~~~~~ Samuel Smiles

Monday, August 10, 2015

Thought for Today

"I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me."

~~~~~ Camillo di Cavour

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Thought for Today

"Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it."

~~~~~ Louis Agassiz

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Thought for Today

"People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others."

~~~~~ Blaise Pascal