What a cruel irony of fate, to pair together, like Siamese twins united by the shoulders, scientific adversaries of such contrasting character!
- Santiago Ramon y Cajal
More Quotes By Santiago Ramon y Cajal
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- Every man if he so desires becomes sculptor of his own brain.
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- In summary, all great work is the fruit of patience and perseverance, combined with tenacious concentration on a...
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- There are no small problems. Problems that appear small are large problems that are not understood
- It is idle to dispute with old men. Their opinions, like their cranial sutures, are ossified.
- In adult centers the nerve paths are something fixed, ended, immutable. Everything may die, nothing may be regenerated.
- In the study of this membrane [the retina] I for the first time felt my faith in Darwinism...
- That which enters the mind through reason can be corrected. That which is admitted through faith, hardly ever.
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