Louis Pasteur

chance prepared mind

“Chance favors the prepared mind.”

― Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

wine healthful hygienic beverage

“Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.”

― Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

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“A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.”

― Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

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“Science knows no country because it is the light that iluminates the world”

― Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

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“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.”

― Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

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“The role of the infinitely small in nature is infinitely great.”

― Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

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“There is no such thing as a special category of science called applied science; there is science and its applications, which are related to one another as the fruit is related to the tree that has borne it.”

― Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

wonder question discovery

"To know how to wonder and question is the first step of the mind toward discovery."

― Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

messieurs microbes last word

"Messieurs, c'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot. (Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word.)"

― Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

inspiration fact prepared mind

"Inspiration is the impact of a fact on a well-prepared mind."

― Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

germs worry inner terrain bacteria

"It is not the germs we need worry about. It is our inner terrain."

― Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

greek enthusiasm en theos god within

"The Greeks bequeathed to us one of the most beautiful words in our language--the word 'enthusiasm'--en theos--a god within. The grandeur of human actions is measured by the inspiration from which they spring. Happy is he who bears a god within, and who obeys it."

― Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

science peace ignorance war

"Science and Peace will triumph over Ignorance and War..."

― Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

applied science applications

"There are no such things as applied sciences, only applications of science."

― Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)