Peter of Blois quotes
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“One only passes from the darkness of ignorance to the enlightenment of science if one re-reads with ever-increasing love the works of the ancients. Let the dogs bark, let the pigs grunt! I will nonetheless be a disciple of the ancients. All my care will be for them and the dawn will see me studying them.”
-- Peter of Blois
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“Whenever I'm about to eat meat I always see my little dog's eyes.”
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“Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.”
Source : Table-Talk "Law" (1689) See Proverbs 153
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“I am putting together a secular bible. My Genesis is when the apple falls on Newton's head.”
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Source : "This much I know". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2009.
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