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.
GALILEO GALILEILong experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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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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I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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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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Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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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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Nature does not act by means of many things when it can do so by means of a few.
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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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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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