The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand.

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About Lewis Thomas

Lewis Thomas (November 25, 1913 – December 3, 1993) was an American physician, poet, etymologist, essayist, administrator, educator, policy advisor, and researcher.

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The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature.

—Lewis Thomas

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The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.

—Lewis Thomas

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We are, perhaps uniquely among the earth’s creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still.

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Deeds, not words shall speak me.

—John Fletcher

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For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.

—Ingrid Bengis

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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.

—Cato the Elder

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High thoughts must have high language.

—Aristophanes

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Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words.

—Aprocrypha

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