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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.

Galileo Galilei

Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Absolute Holy Lie Scripture Truth
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
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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Assure Care Contrary Experiement Glance Power Show Truth
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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Explanation Fact Hide Naked Science
The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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Science Stars Togetherness Universe
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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Help Himself Man Teaching Wisdom
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
You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
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Aware Knowledge Teaching
The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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Greatness One Liner Self Love Wisdom
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
Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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Contrary Except Impossible Nature Occur
I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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Fear Love Night Stars
It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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Believe Harm Prove Science Soul
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
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Himself Ignorant Inspirational Learning
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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God Heaven Path
If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.
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Darkness Earth Illuminate Moon Night Place

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