Quote#Wisdom
If Atomes are as small, as small can bee
Quote byMargaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne · 1617–1673
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: 'The weight of Atomes', in The Atomic Poems of Margaret (Lucas) Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, from her Poems, and Fancies, 1653, an electronic edition. Edited with an introduction by Leigh Tillman Partington..
English (original)
If Atomes are as small, as small can bee, They must in quantity of Matter all agree.
— Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
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