In a world where it is so easy to neglect, deny, pervert and suppress the truth, the scientist may find his discipline severe. For him, truth is so seldom the sudden lightthat showsneworderand beauty; more often, truth is the uncharted rock that sinks his ship in the dark.

-Cornforth, SirJohnWarcup
  Nobel prize speech.

How heroic to be able to suppress one's vanity to the extent of confessing that the game is too hard.

-James, Alice
  On suicide. Diary entry, 5  Aug.