Quotes by Hugo de Vries

"Modesty is a virtue, yet one gets further without it."
— Hugo de Vries
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Hugo Marie de Vries (Dutch: [ˈɦyɣoː də ˈvris]; 16 February 1848 – 21 May 1935) was a Dutch botanist and one of the first geneticists. He is known chiefly for suggesting the concept of genes, rediscove...