“Sometimes my courage fails me and I think I ought to stop wo…”

“Sometimes my courage fails me and I think I ought to stop working, live in the country and devote myself to gardening. But I am held by a thousand bonds, and I don't know when I shall be able to arrange things otherwise. Nor do I know whether, even by writing scientific books, I could live without the laboratory.”

— Marie Curie

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Title: Wikiquote: Marie Curie
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Today in science history(September 19, 2026)

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Curie, Marie. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Marie Curie. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marie_Curie

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