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.
GALILEO GALILEITwo truths cannot contradict one another.
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See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.
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I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel.
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I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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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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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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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 laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use.
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Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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