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Louis Pasteur
Age: 72 †
Born: 1822
Born: December 27
Died: 1895
Died: September 28
Agronomist
Biochemist
Biologist
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Microbiologist
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You have not succeeded in your experiments, that is all there is to it.
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Messieurs, c'est les microbes qui auront le dernier mot. (Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word.)
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One does not ask of one who suffers: What is your country and what is your religion? One merely says: You suffer, that is enough for me.
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Oh my goodness the mystery that has prompted my objective. My quality lies exclusively in my tirelessness.
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It is not the germs we need worry about. It is our inner terrain.
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The more I know, the more nearly is my faith that of the Breton peasant. Could I but know all I would have the faith of a Breton peasant woman.
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To know how to wonder and question is the first step of the mind toward discovery.
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