Antoine Lavoisier Quotes

We must trust to nothing but facts: these are presented to us by nature and cannot deceive. We ought, in every instance, to submit our reasoning to the test of experiment, and never to search for truth but by the natural road of experiment and observation.

Antoine Lavoisier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: August 26, 1743 - May 8, 1794

Topics

NatureTruthTrustRoadFactsTest

John Peel made his reputation with his radio show and his record label, Dandelion, by championing the underdog.

Jimmy Page

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Oftentimes, what seems to be a street lunatic charging at me spouting gibberish turns out to be a devoted 'Simpsons' fan quoting their favorite line.

Matt Groening

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If women are not perceived to be fully within the structures of power, surely it is power that we need to redefine rather than women?

Mary Beard

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In high school, I would secretly play Joni Mitchell songs all the time. That's when I started singing and playing at the same time, and I got really into doing that.

Julia Holter

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American poetry to me is a sort of relentless, nonstop sermon on human autonomy.

Joseph Brodsky

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When you have a good mother and no father, God kind of sits in. It's not enough, but it helps.

Dick Gregory

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That's one of the main things I've learned: honesty is paramount. The biggest thing I try and instil in my daughter. My deepest regrets have been to do with times that I've been dishonest. There's nothing worse than getting caught out in a lie. It's excruciatingly embarrassing.

David Thewlis

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I think we have responsibilities to be active in the things we believe in, regardless of what our job is. At least in my lifetime, there has been a tremendous combining of activism and music, that came up in the era of Pete Seeger and the Weavers and Joan Baez and Bob Dylan and Peter Paul & Mary.

Bonnie Raitt

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle

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I love when I am outside my comfort zone.

Alicia Vikander

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The first thing I learned in boxing is to not get hit. That's the art of boxing. Execute your opponent without getting hit. In sports school, we were putting our hands behind our backs and having to defend ourselves with our shoulders, by rolling, by moving round the ring, moving out feet.

Wladimir Klitschko

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Lionel Messi is a wonderful player. Very skillful. Highly intelligent. He is not good in the air.

Pele

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