Best Quotes by Claude Bernard (Top 10)
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It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning.
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The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds.
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Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown."
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Art is 'I'; science is 'we'.
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The doubter is a true man of science: he doubts only himself and his interpretations, but he believes in science.
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A fact in itself is nothing. It is valuable only for the idea attached to it, or for the proof which it furnishes.
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Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge.
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When we meet a fact which contradicts a prevailing theory, we must accept the fact and abandon the theory, even when the theory is supported by great names and generally accepted.
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Science increases our power in proportion as it lowers our pride.
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All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.
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More Claude Bernard Quotes
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The true worth of an experimenter consists in his pursuing not only what he seeks in his experiment, but also what he did not seek.
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Put off your imagination, as you put off your overcoat, when you enter the laboratory. Put it on again, as you put on your overcoat, when you leave.
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Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.
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The science of life is a superb and dazzlingly lighted hall which may be reached only by passing through a long and ghastly kitchen.
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