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Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.

Galileo Galilei

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
GALILEO GALILEI

Deny Maintain Principle Science Truth
Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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Book Gaze Open Philosophy Stand Writing
Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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Door Key Mathematics Science
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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Darkness Earth exchange Gloom Illuminate Moon Night Receive
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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Force Move Science
All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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Discover Easy Point Truth Understand
Nature is written in mathematical language.
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Language Mathemetics Nature One Liner
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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Authority Humble Individual Reason Science Worth
To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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Modest Statement Wise
Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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Account Ignorance Learning Proceed Science
The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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Science Understand Vain
That sculpture is more admirable than painting for the reason that it contains relief and painting does not is completely false.
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Admire Painting Reason relief Sculpture
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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Achievement Benefit Conception Dispute Philosophy Prove
Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
GALILEO GALILEI

Book Gaze Open Philosophy Stand Writing
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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Action Change Hide Indifference Man Nature Reason Understand
In the future, there will be opened a gateway and a road to a large and excellent science into which minds more piercing than mine shall penetrate to recesses still deeper.
GALILEO GALILEI

Excellence Future Mind Road Science

Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.

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