Science is built up with facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is… — Henri Poincare

Science is built up with facts, as a house is with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house.

In the original French

On fait la science avec des faits comme une maison avec des pierres; mais une accumulation de faits n'est pas plus une science qu'un tas de pierres n'est une maison.

1901
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Poincare, Henri. Science and Hypothesis: The Complete Text, translated by Melanie Frappier, Andrea Smith and David J. Stump, edited by Melanie Frappier and David J. Stump. Bloomsbury Academic, 2022, ch. 9.
Original citation
Poincare, Henri. La science et l'hypothese [Science and Hypothesis]. Flammarion, 1902, ch. 9.