I see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.
ISAAC NEWTONI have explained the phenomena of the heavens and of our sea by the force of gravity, but I have not yet assigned a cause to gravity.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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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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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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If I had stayed for other people to make my tools and things for me, I had never made anything.
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Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.
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Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.
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I do not think that this [the universe] can be explained only by natural causes, and are forced to impute to the wisdom and ingenuity of an intelligent.
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No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.
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Genius is patience.
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Nothing can be divided into more parts than it can possibly be constituted of. But matter (i.e. finite) cannot be constituted of infinite parts.
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I understood. I have understood. I do understand.
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There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.
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Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done!
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Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.
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When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
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If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results.
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