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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.

Galileo Galilei

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
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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Failure One Liner Reason Science Sense Step
We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Mathematics Number 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
Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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Greatness Inspiratioal One Liner Self Love Wisdom
We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible.
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Descent Earth Motion Science
Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes. I mean the universe, but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols, in which it is written.
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Book Eyes Language Philosophy Understand Universe Writing
The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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Art Establishment Growth Increase Investigation Truth
The 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.
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Acting Human Mind Nature Remember
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
I believe that the intention of Holy Writ was to persuade men of the truths necessary to salvation; such as neither science nor other means could render credible, but only the voice of the Holy Spirit.
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Believe Holy Intention Men Necessary Salve Science Spirit 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
Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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Measure Science
Nonetheless, it moves.
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One Liner Science
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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Discover Help People Teaching

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