The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one's eyes.

Apprendre à voir, voilà tout le secret des études naturelles.

George Sand

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Paying attention Observation

Author

George Sand

Language

French

Time

1869 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Writer

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France Europe

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Citation

Sand, George. Letter to Madame Juliette Lamber. 7 Apr. 1868.

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Another quote from the 1860s

When I heard the learn'd astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander'd off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look'd up in perfect silence at the stars.

Walt Whitman

When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer

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Topic
Spending time in nature The night sky Experiencing things

Author

Walt Whitman
Source
When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer Leaves of Grass
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1867 1860s 19th century
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Citation

Whitman, Walt. "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer." Leaves of Grass. New York: Self-published, 1867, I. 1. Originally published in Drum-Taps. New York: Peter Eckler, 1865, I. 1.

Another quote originally in French

There is not a woman in the world the possession of whom is as precious as that of the truths which she reveals to us by causing us to suffer.

Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time

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Learning from suffering

Author

Marcel Proust
Source
The Fugitive In Search of Lost Time
Medium
Novel
Genre
Modernist literature
Language
French
Time
1922 1920s 20th century
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Original Citation

Proust, Marcel. Albertine disparue [Albertine Gone]. Paris: Gallimard, 1927.

Current Citation

Proust, Marcel. The Fugitive, edited and translated by Peter Collier. Penguin Classics, 2021.