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Carl Linnaeus quotes: In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation.

In natural science the principles of truth ought to be confirmed by observation.

Carl Linnaeus quotes: The names of the plants ought to be stable [certa], consequently they should be given to stable genera.

The names of the plants ought to be stable [certa], consequently they should be given to stable genera.

Carl Linnaeus quotes: It is the genus that gives the characters, and not the characters that make the genus.

It is the genus that gives the characters, and not the characters that make the genus.

Carl Linnaeus quotes: If a tree dies, plant another in its place.

If a tree dies, plant another in its place.

Carl Linnaeus quotes: A herbarium is better than any illustration; every botanist should make one.

A herbarium is better than any illustration; every botanist should make one.

Carl Linnaeus quotes: Nature does not proceed by leaps.

Nature does not proceed by leaps.

Carl Linnaeus quotes: Linnea ... A plant of Lapland, lowly, insignificant, disregarded, flowering but for a brief space - from Linnaeus who resembles it.

Linnea ... A plant of Lapland, lowly, insignificant, disregarded, flowering but for a brief space - from Linnaeus who resembles it.

Carl Linnaeus quotes: When the spiritual light is concentrated in the brain, everything else must be sinking in the dark.

When the spiritual light is concentrated in the brain, everything else must be sinking in the dark.

Carl Linnaeus quotes: If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too.

If you do not know the names of things, the knowledge of them is lost, too.

Carl Linnaeus quotes: The plant kingdom covers the entire earth, offering our senses great pleasure and the delights of summer.

The plant kingdom covers the entire earth, offering our senses great pleasure and the delights of summer.

Carl Linnaeus quotes: Blessed be the Lord for the beauty of summer and spring, for the air, the water, the verdure, and the song of birds.

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 quotes: To live by medicine is to live horribly.

To live by medicine is to live horribly.

Carl Linnaeus quotes: It is not God, but people themselves who shorten their lives by not keeping physically fit.

It is not God, but people themselves who shorten their lives by not keeping physically fit.

Carl Linnaeus quotes: When all the thoughts are concerning one thing and the person loses interest in other things, the melancholy begins.

When all the thoughts are concerning one thing and the person loses interest in other things, the melancholy begins.

Carl Linnaeus quotes: We admit as many genera as there are different groups of natural species of which the fructification has the same structure.

We admit as many genera as there are different groups of natural species of which the fructification has the same structure.

Carl Linnaeus quotes: Stones grow, plants grow, and live, animals grow live and feel.

Stones grow, plants grow, and live, animals grow live and feel.