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Nonetheless, it moves.

Galileo Galilei

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
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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Failure One Liner Reason Science Sense Step
The deeper I go in considering the vanities of popular reasoning, the lighter and more foolish I find them.
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Consideration Fools Reason Vanity
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
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
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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God Heaven Path
Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.
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Act Nature
Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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Measure Science
We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Mathematics Number Science
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.
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Excellence Future Mind Road 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
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
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
The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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Science Understand Vain
It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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Beautiful Body Delight Moon Sight
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

Nonetheless, it moves.

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