Misattributed and highly interesting: A god without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but Fate and Nature. Isaac Newton : Principia Mathematica (1687); Rules of Reasoning in Philosophy, Rule IV [1] A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left. Une oeuvre où il y a des théories est comme un objet sur lequel on laisse la marque du prix. Marcel Proust , In Search of Lost Time, part VII: Time Regained, chapter III, "An Afternoon Party at the House of the Princesse de Guermantes" French version and English translation Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly. Le génie enfante, le goût conserve. Le goût est le bon sens du génie; sans le goût, le génie n'est qu'une sublime folie. François-René de Chateaubriand , Essai sur la littérature anglaise (1836): Modèles classiques [2] You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come;Knock as you p