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Robert Boyle, born on January 25, 1627, in Ireland and died on December 31, 1691 in England, was a renowned philosopher and scientist of the 17th century, considered one of the founders of modern chemistry. He advocated empiricism in philosophy and made significant contributions to the fields of chemistry, physics, and more.

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Famous Robert Boyle Quotes

“Female beauties are as fickle in their faces as in their minds; though casualties should spare them, age brings in a necessity of decay.”

Should Mind Age Faces Beauty Female Decay Spares Casualties Fickle Female Beauty Male Beauty

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“It is not strange to me that persons of the fair sex should like, in all things about them, the handsomeness for which they find themselves most liked.”

Should Persons Sex Strange Taste Fairs All Things Handsomeness

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“I am not ambitious to appear a man of letters: I could be content the world should think I had scarce looked upon any other book than that of nature.”

Thinking Men World Should Book Letters Ambitious Scarce

Book:The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq; Abridged, Methodized, and Disposed Under the General Heads of Physics, Statics, Pneumatics, Natural History, Chymistry, and Medicine. The Whole Illustrated with Notes, Containing the Improvements Made in the Several Parts of Natural and Experimental Knowledge Since His Time. In Three Volumes. By Peter Shaw, M.D.

Source: The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq; Abridged, Methodized, and Disposed Under the General Heads of Physics, Statics, Pneumatics, Natural History, Chymistry, and Medicine. The Whole Illustrated with Notes, Containing the Improvements Made in the Several Parts of Natural and Experimental Knowledge Since His Time. In Three Volumes. By Peter Shaw, M.D.