William Gilbert Quotes & Sayings

O that the gods would bring to a miserable end such fictitious, crazy, deformed labours, with which the minds of the studious are blinded! — William Gilbert

A lodestone is a wonderful thing in very many experiments, and like living things. And one of its remarkable virtues in that which the ancients considered to be a living soul in the sky, in the globes and in the stars, in the sun and in the moon. — William Gilbert

The magnetic force is animate, or imitates a soul; in many respects it surpasses the human soul while it is united to an organic body. — William Gilbert

You have no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself and how little I deserve it. — William Gilbert

The magnet's name the observing Grecians drew. From the magnetic region where it grew. — William Gilbert

Man is nature's sole mistake. — William Gilbert

The House of Peers, throughout the war, did nothing in particular, and did it very well. — William Gilbert

If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, Or, trust me, you haven't a chance. — William Gilbert

I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all. — William Gilbert

My family pride is something inconceivable. I can't help it. I was born sneering. — William Gilbert

Look for knowledge not in books but in things themselves. — William Gilbert

I am never, never, sick at sea. What never? No never! What never? Hardly ever. — William Gilbert

Humor is a drug which it's the fashion to abuse. — William Gilbert

We will hang you, never fear, Most politely, most politely. — William Gilbert

Philosophy is for the few. — William Gilbert

He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist. — William Gilbert