11th Earl of Essex

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    Young men are as apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are to think themselves sober enough. They look upon spirit to be a much better thing than experience, which they call coldness. They are but half mistaken; for though spirit without experience is dangerous, experience without spirit is languid and defective.
    Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

    Well, it seems to me a scientist has need for both vision and confidence.
    —Harry Essex (b. 1910)