DIZ: Welcome

Welcome

“The men of experiment are like the ant; they only collect and use: the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes a middle course; it gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own.”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question. (Vous savez ce qu’est le charme: une maniére de s’entendre rèpondre oui sans avoir posè aucune question claire.+)”

“Cure the disease and kill the patient.”

“They are the best physicians, who being great in learning most incline to the traditions of experience, or being distinguished in practice do not reflect the methods and generalities of art.”

“Men fear Death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.”