Quote#Self
Not designing to trouble my self any further with him, unless he…
Quote byRobert Hooke · 1635–1703
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Postscript, Lampas: Or, Descriptions of Some Mechanical Improvements of Lamps & Waterpoises Together with some other Physical and Mechanical Discoveries (1677).
English (original)
not designing to trouble my self any further with him, unless he gives me occasion, I dismiss him
— Robert Hooke
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