By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
GALILEO GALILEIScience proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle of heavenly bodies, without changing its place; and the Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.
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You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.
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Philosophy itself cannot but benefit from our disputes, for if our conceptions prove true, new achievements will be made; if false, their refutation will further confirm the original doctrines.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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The earth, in fair and grateful exchange, pays back to the moon an illumination similar to that which it receives from her throughout nearly all the darkest gloom of the night.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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