Francois Arago Quotes

#1. The calculus of probabilities, when confined within just limits, ought to interest, in an equal degree, the mathematician, the experimentalist, and the statesman.

Francois Arago

#2. In the experimental sciences, the epochs of the most brilliant progress are almost always separated by long intervals of almost absolute repose.

Francois Arago

#3. On certain occasions, the eyes of the mind can supply the want of the most powerful telescopes, and lead to astronomical discoveries of the highest importance.

Francois Arago

#4. Such is the privilege of genius; it perceives, it seizes relations where vulgar eyes see only isolated facts.

Francois Arago

#5. Euler calculated without effort, just as men breathe, as eagles sustain themselves in the air.

Francois Arago

#6. To get to know, to discover, to publish-this is the destiny of a scientist.

Francois Arago

#7. Where should be be if we set ourselves to deny everything we do not know how to explain?

Francois Arago