By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
GALILEO GALILEIThe 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.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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Nonetheless, it moves.
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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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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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In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity.
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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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The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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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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I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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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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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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