No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.
ISAAC NEWTONThe moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.
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To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.
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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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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
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The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.
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You have to make the rules, not follow them.
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My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
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The motions which the planets now have could not spring from any natural cause alone, but were impressed by an intelligent agent.
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Every particle of matter is attracted by or gravitates to every other particle of matter with a force inversely proportional to the squares of their distances.
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The best way to understanding is a few good examples.
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Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.
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We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.
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Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.
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Nature is very consonant and conformable with herself.
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Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense.
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