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Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable desire to seek the truth.

—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 45 BC

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

—G.K. Chesterton, 1911

Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that were always there.

—Susanne K. Langer, 1942

When they shout “Long live progress,” always ask, “Progress of what?”

—Stanisław Jerzy Lec, 1957

One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

—André Gide, 1926

The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star.

—Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1825

True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.

—Edith Wharton, 1924

A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

—James Joyce, 1922

New things are always ugly.

—Willa Cather, 1921

What one man can invent another can discover.

—Arthur Conan Doyle, 1905

The unknown is the largest need of the intellect.

—Emily Dickinson, 1876

The atavistic urge toward danger persists and its satisfaction is called adventure.

—John Steinbeck, 1941