There is only one nature--the division into science and
engineering is a human imposition, not a natural one. Indeed,
the division is a human failure; it reflects our limited capacity
to comprehend the whole.
Sir William Cecil Dampier Whetham
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But beyond the bright searchlights of science,
Out of sight of the windows of sense,
Old riddl... SIR WILLIAM CECIL DAMPIER WHETHAM Among the New Hollanders whom we were thus engaged with, there was one who by his appearance and car... WILLIAM DAMPIER The 6th of August in the morning we saw an opening in the land and we ran into it, and anchored in 7... WILLIAM DAMPIER In the road ships must ride in 30, 40, or 50 fathom water, not above half a mile from the shore at f... WILLIAM DAMPIER While we were at work there came nine or 10 of the natives to a small hill a little way from us, and... WILLIAM DAMPIER The island Mayo is generally barren, being dry, as I said; and the best of it is but a very indiffer... WILLIAM DAMPIER I commonly went ashore every day, either upon business, or to recreate myself in the fields, which w... WILLIAM DAMPIER Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore. SIR CECIL BEATON Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert
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whatever hands it is placed. SIR WILLIAM JONES When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must b... SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of rec... SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which ... SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE Well languag'd Danyel. SIR WILLIAM BROWNE The king to Oxford sent a troop of horse,
For Tories own no argument but force;
With equal car... SIR WILLIAM BROWNE Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the time they leave scho... SIR WILLIAM HALEY Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they lea... SIR WILLIAM HALEY The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what ha... SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE Pain with the thousand teeth. SIR WILLIAM WATSON God has given us these opportunities for tranquility. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inabi... SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study. SIR WILLIAM RAMSAY The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law. SIR WILLIAM JONES And must I wholly banish hence these red and golden juices, and pay my vows to Abstinence, that pall... SIR WILLIAM WATSON The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth fo... SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you ar... SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE We shall say without hesitation that the atheist who is moved by love is moved by the Spirit of God;... SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fo... SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE Education would be so much more effective if its purpose were to ensure that by the time they leave ... SIR WILLIAM HALEY His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes -- cats -- I believe he did but feign to hate. My hand... SIR WILLIAM WATSON The thirst to know and understand, a large and liberal discontent. SIR WILLIAM WATSON On earth there is nothing great but man; in man there is nothing great but mind. SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON The most important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of th... SIR WILLIAM BRAGG The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE After the conquest of Afric, Greece, the lesser Asia, and Syria
were brought into Italy all the sor... SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE For angling-rod he took a sturdy oak;
For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke;
His hook wa... SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT The desire to take medicine is perhaps the greatest feature which distinguishes man from animals. SIR WILLIAM OSLER One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine. SIR WILLIAM OSLER Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and... SIR WILLIAM OSLER Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thought. SIR WILLIAM OSLER The king never dies. SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE If heaven send no supplies,
The fairest blossom of the garden dies. SIR WILLIAM BROWNE The lark now leaves his watery nest,
And climbing, shakes his dewy wings.
He takes your window... SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT The royal navy of England has ever been its greatest defence and
ornament; it is its ancient and na... SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE Because they commonly make use of treasure found in books, as of
other treasure belonging to the de... SIR WILLIAM DAVENANT The important thing in science is not so much to obtain new facts as to discover new ways of thinkin... SIR WILLIAM BRAGG God runs electromagnetics by wave theory on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and the Devil runs them b... SIR WILLIAM BRAGG He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave. SIR WILLIAM DRUMMOND Presumption means nothing more than as stated by Lord Mansfield, the weighing of probabilities, and ... SIR WILLIAM DRAPER Truth is like a torch; the more it is shook it shines. SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys. SIR WILLIAM PREECE To study the phenomenon of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books w... SIR WILLIAM OSLER The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism. SIR WILLIAM OSLER That man can interrogate as well as observe nature was a lesson slowly learned in his evolution. SIR WILLIAM OSLER Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows. SIR WILLIAM OSLER The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to
reflect alone upon what has... SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you a... SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, an... SIR WILLIAM OSLER The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individua... SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE The first step towards knowledge is to know that we are ignorant. RICHARD CECIL Why should we not form a secret society with but one object, the furtherance of the British Empire a... CECIL RHODES So little done, so much to do. CECIL RHODES In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want. CECIL PARKINSON Successful marriage is always a triangle: a man, a woman, and God. CECIL MYERS Examples is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on... 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