Carl Linnaeus ( 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linne was a Swedish botanist, physician, and...
A professor can never better distinguish himself in his work than by encouraging a clever pupil, for the true discovers are among them, as comets amongst the stars. Carl Linnaeus
A professor can never better distinguish himself in his work than by encouraging a clever pupil, for the true discovers are among them, as comets amongst the stars.
I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character... by which to distinguish between Man and Ape. I myself most assuredly know of none. Carl Linnaeus
I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character... by which to distinguish between Man and Ape. I myself most assuredly know of none.
A herbarium is better than any illustration; every botanist should make one Carl Linnaeus
A herbarium is better than any illustration; every botanist should make one
To live by medicine is to live horribly Carl Linnaeus
To live by medicine is to live horribly
It is the genus that gives the characters, and not the characters that make the genus. Carl Linnaeus
It is the genus that gives the characters, and not the characters that make the genus.
Nature does not proceed by leaps. Carl Linnaeus
Nature does not proceed by leaps.
Stones grow, plants grow, and live, animals grow live and feel. Carl Linnaeus
Stones grow, plants grow, and live, animals grow live and feel.
In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation. Carl Linnaeus
In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation.
Blessed be the Lord for the beauty of summer and spring, for the air, the water, the verdure, and the song of birds. Carl Linnaeus
Blessed be the Lord for the beauty of summer and spring, for the air, the water, the verdure, and the song of birds.
The plant kingdom covers the entire earth, offering our senses great pleasure and the delights of summer. Carl Linnaeus
The plant kingdom covers the entire earth, offering our senses great pleasure and the delights of summer.
It is not God, but people themselves who shorten their lives by not keeping physically fit. Carl Linnaeus
It is not God, but people themselves who shorten their lives by not keeping physically fit.
If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too. Carl Linnaeus
If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too.