We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible.
GALILEO GALILEII do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.
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What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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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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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.
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Nonetheless, it moves.
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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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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations.
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You can’t teach anybody anything, only make them realize the answers are already inside them.
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