William Gilbert Professions : PhysicianBorn : May 24, 1544Died : November 30, 1603 Browse All Authors Top 20 quotes by William Gilbert If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or, trust me, you haven't a chance. William Gilbert blowwishsuccess You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it. William Gilbert inferioritylittlesideas Look for knowledge not in books but in things themselves. William Gilbert booklooks The House of Peers, throughout the war, did nothing in particular, and did it very well. William Gilbert peershousewar Humor is a drug which it's the fashion to abuse. William Gilbert drugfashionhumorous Philosophy is for the few. William Gilbert philosophy The magnet's name the observing Grecians drew. From the magnetic region where it grew. William Gilbert growthnamesscience I am never, never, sick at sea. What never? No never! What never? Hardly ever. William Gilbert fishingsealakes A lodestone is a wonderful thing in very many experiments, and like living things. And one of its remarkable virtues in that which the ancients considered to be a living soul in the sky, in the globes and in the stars, in the sun and in the moon. William Gilbert starslifescience The magnetic force is animate, or imitates a soul; in many respects it surpasses the human soul while it is united to an organic body. William Gilbert bodysoulscience O that the gods would bring to a miserable end such fictitious, crazy, deformed labours, with which the minds of the studious are blinded! William Gilbert crazymindscience My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering. William Gilbert helpbornfamilypride Man is nature's sole mistake. William Gilbert mansolenaturemistake No one can have a higher opinion of him than I have, and I think he's a dirty little beast. William Gilbert thinkbeastopiniondirty When everyone is somebody, then no one's anybody. William Gilbert thenanybodysomebodyeveryone We will hang you, never fear, Most politely, most politely. William Gilbert willneveryoufear He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist. William Gilbert methodistmoralshemanners I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all. William Gilbert thoughtmyselfpoliticsthinking And I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all. William Gilbert neverthoughtmyselfthinking In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort. William Gilbert hiddenopinionsthingsstronger Similar Authors Abram Hoffer physician Buwei Yang Chao physician Broda Otto Barnes physician Brian Day physician Anna Komnene physician Axel Munthe physicianAll Authors
