We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
GALILEO GALILEIBy denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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I am certainly interested in a tribunal in which, for having used my reason, I was deemed little less than a heretic.
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Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.
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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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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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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go.
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You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.
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Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.
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You may force me to say what you wish; you may revile me for saying what I do. But it moves.
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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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