The smallest quantity of alcohol scares away novel ideas. — Hermann Von Helmholtz
A moving body whose motion was not retarded by any resisting force would continue to move to all eternity. — Hermann Von Helmholtz
Music strikes the ear as a perfectly undisturbed uniform sound which remains unaltered as long as it exists. — Hermann Von Helmholtz
All that science can achieve is a perfect knowledge and a perfect understanding of the action of natural and moral forces. — Hermann Von Helmholtz
Each individual fact, taken by itself, can indeed arouse our curiosity or our astonishment, or be useful to us in its practical applications. — Hermann Von Helmholtz
Music stands in a much closer connection with pure sensation than any of the other arts. — Hermann Von Helmholtz