There Are Big And Little Truths, But

If A Given Scientist Had Not Made A Given Discovery, Someone Else Would Have Done So A Little Later. Johann Mendel Dies Unknown After Having Discovered The Laws Of Heredity: Thirty-five Years Later, Three Men Rediscover Them. But The Book That Is Not Written Will Never Be Written. The Premature Death Of A Great Scientist Delays Humanity; That Of A Great Writer Deprives It.

We Spend Our Time Envying People Whom We Wouldn't Wish To Be.

Certain Brief Sentences Are Peerless In Their Ability To Give One The Feeling That Nothing Remains To Be Said.

A Body Of Work Such As Pasteur's Is Inconceivable In Our Time: No Man Would Be Given A Chance To Create A Whole Science. Nowadays A Path Is Scarcely Opened Up When The Crowd Begins To Pour In.

It Takes A Very Deep-rooted Opinion To Survive Unexpressed.