It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as what's on the chairs.
More Quotes from William Gilbert:
Philosophy is for the few.William Gilbert
In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.
William Gilbert
Man is nature's sole mistake.
William Gilbert
We will hang you, never fear, Most politely, most politely.
William Gilbert
For you dream you are crossing the Channel, and tossing about in a steamer from Harwich, Which is something between a large bathing-machine and a very small second-class carriage.
William Gilbert
He combines the manners of a Marquis with the morals of a Methodist.
William Gilbert
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