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Classical antiquity2 quotes
Eureka! — Archimedes · 212 BCThe gods did not intimate all things to men straight away, but in time, through seeking, their discoveries improve. — XenophanesThe Renaissance1 quote
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. — Francis Bacon · 1605