5 Quotes & Sayings By Joseph Priestley

Joseph Priestley was born in Epworth, Lincolnshire, England, on January 1st 1733. He published many scientific papers and became the first Englishman to systematically investigate oxygen. He published his famous book Experiments on Different Kinds of Air in 1775. The book laid the foundations for modern chemical engineering Read more

Priestley died on January 24th 1804.

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In all controversies, it is better to wait the decisions of time, which are slow and sure, than to take those of synods, which are often hasty and injudicious Joseph Priestley
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We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types. Joseph Priestley
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"Orthodoxy my Lord " said Bishop Warburton in a whisper - "orthodoxy is my doxy - heterodoxy is another man's doxy." Joseph Priestley
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What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others. Joseph Priestley