Best 3 quotes of Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon on MyQuotes

Majestatis naturæ by ingenium (Genius equal to the majesty of nature.) [Inscribed ordered by King Louis XV for the base of a statue of Buffon placed at Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris.]

Rassemblons des faits pour nous donner des idées. Let us gather facts in order to get ourselves thinking.

The great workman of nature is time.