Quotes from George Sarton

I am obliged to deal with hundreds of men and to make them live without killing the reader.

Men of science have made abundant mistakes of every kind; their knowledge has improved only because of their gradual abandonment of ancient errors, poor approximations, and premature conclusions.

science is the most revolutionary force in the world.

A deed happens in a definite place at a definite time, but if it be sufficiently great and pregnant, its virtue radiates everywhere in time and space.

There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity.

There are but few saints amongst scientists, as among other men, but truth itself is a goal comparable with sanctity.

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Erudition without pedantry is as a rare as wisdom itself.