Famous quotes containing the words primary and/or scent:
“A fact is a proposition of which the verification by an appeal to the primary sources of our knowledge or to experience is direct and simple. A theory, on the other hand, if true, has all the characteristics of a fact except that its verification is possible only by indirect, remote, and difficult means.”
—Chauncey Wright (1830–1875)
“But soft, methinks I scent the morning air,
Brief let me be.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)