The moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit.
ISAAC NEWTONI feign no hypotheses.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
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If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory, they must render all objections invalid.
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There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.
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You have to make the rules, not follow them.
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If I am anything, which I highly doubt, I have made myself so by hard work.
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Whence arises all that order and beauty we see in the world?
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Sir Isaac Newton was asked how he discovered the law of gravity. He replied, “By thinking about it all the time.
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The more time and devotion one spends in the worship of false gods, the less he is able to spend in that of the true One.
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Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done!
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Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
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Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
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An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.
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Genius is patience.
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If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
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To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.
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