Gеоrgеѕ-Lоuiѕ Lесlеrс, Comte de Buffоn (7 September 1707 – 16 April 1788) wаѕ a Frеnсh nаturаliѕt, mаthеmаtiсiаn, соѕmоlоgiѕt, and encyclopédiste.
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The style is the man himself. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
The style is the man himself.
The dog has no ambition, no self-interest, no desire for vengeance, no fear other than that of displeasing. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
The dog has no ambition, no self-interest, no desire for vengeance, no fear other than that of displeasing.
I am convinced, by repeated observation, that marbles, lime-stones, chalks, marls, clays, sand, and almost all terrestrial substances, wherever situated, are full of shells and other spoils of the ocean. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
I am convinced, by repeated observation, that marbles, lime-stones, chalks, marls, clays, sand, and almost all terrestrial substances, wherever situated, are full of shells and other spoils of the ocean.
We can only penetrate the rind of the earth. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
We can only penetrate the rind of the earth.
To be and to think are one and the same for us. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
To be and to think are one and the same for us.
But all which is susceptible of comparison, everything that we can perceive by different aspects, all that we can consider relatively, can always be judged according to our knowledge. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
But all which is susceptible of comparison, everything that we can perceive by different aspects, all that we can consider relatively, can always be judged according to our knowledge.
God is the only example that we could give here. He cannot be comprehended, because he cannot be compared. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
God is the only example that we could give here. He cannot be comprehended, because he cannot be compared.
For the little that one has reflected on the origin of our knowledge, it is easy to perceive that we can acquire it only by means of comparison. That which is absolutely incomparable is wholly incomprehensible. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
For the little that one has reflected on the origin of our knowledge, it is easy to perceive that we can acquire it only by means of comparison. That which is absolutely incomparable is wholly incomprehensible.
There is nothing good in love but the physical part. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
There is nothing good in love but the physical part.
Style is the essence of man. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Style is the essence of man.
All the work of the crystallographers serves only to demonstrate that there is only variety everywhere where they suppose uniformity ... that in nature there is nothing absolute, nothing perfectly regular. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
All the work of the crystallographers serves only to demonstrate that there is only variety everywhere where they suppose uniformity ... that in nature there is nothing absolute, nothing perfectly regular.
The cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
The cat is the only animal which accepts the comforts but rejects the bondage of domesticity.