An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion.
ISAAC NEWTONHypotheses should be subservient only in explaining the properties of things but not assumed in determining them, unless so far as they may furnish experiments.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
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I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.
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God created everything by number, weight and measure.
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Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
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A cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high.
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Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.
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There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.
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Nature is very consonant and conformable with herself.
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It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.
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The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.
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Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
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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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Genius is patience.
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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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