Quote#Wisdom
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter.…
Quote byNikola Tesla · 1856–1943
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Problem of Increasing Human Energy", Century Illustrated Magazine (June 1900).
English (original)
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.
— Nikola Tesla
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