What goes up must come down.
ISAAC NEWTONTo me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.
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Absolute, true and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature flows equably without relation to anything external.
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God’ is a relative word and has a respect to servants, and ‘Deity’ is the dominion of God, not over his own body, as those imagine who fancy God to be the soul of the world, but over servants.
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This most beautiful system of the sun, planets and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful being.
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God is the same God, always and everywhere. He is omnipresent not virtually only, but also substantially, for virtue cannot subsist without substance.
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Genius is patience.
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The instinct of brutes and insects can be the effect of nothing else than the wisdom and skill of a powerful ever-living agent.
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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
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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 have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
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No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.
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Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.
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A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.
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I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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The best way to understanding is a few good examples.
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