You may force me to say what you wish; you may revile me for saying what I do. But it moves.
GALILEO GALILEIIn my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle of heavenly bodies, without changing its place; and the Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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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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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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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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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.
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Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.
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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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