Bad Times Have A Scientific Value These Are

"“The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.”"

"“Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves.”"

"“The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden. A single lifetime, even though entirely devoted to the sky, would not be enough for the investigation of so vast a subject... And so this knowledge will be unfolded only through long successive ages. There will come a time when our descendants will be amazed that we did not know things that are so plain to them... Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come, when memory of us will have been effaced.”"

"Study the past if you would define the future."

"“False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little harm, for everyone takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness; and when this is done, one path towards error is closed and the road to truth is often at the same time opened.”"

"The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired"