John Wilkins Quotes
'Tis certain that our senses are extremely disproportioned for comprehending the whole compass and latitude of things.
Science doesn't deliver even that much "truth"; it delivers empirically adequate generalisations, and that is all we need.
It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince each other.
It's a frightening thing. To go to France, the elder daughter of the church, it's always called, and you get the feeling the church has gone away.
Obscurity in writing is commonly an argument of darkness in the mind. The greatest learning is to be seen in the greatest plainness.
