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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.

Galileo Galilei

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
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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Help Himself Man Teaching Wisdom
The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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Divine Indeed Infinite Intellectual
Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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Contradict One Liner Truth
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
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Himself Ignorant Inspirational Learning
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
It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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Beautiful Body Delight Moon Sight
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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Deny Maintain Principle Science Truth
Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.
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Accomodation Attribute Essence Name 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
In 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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Astronomy Earth Opinion Philosophy Round Science Study Sun Universe
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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Discover Help People Teaching
I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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Doubt Entertainment God Help Recognize Truth
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.
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Darkness Earth exchange Gloom Illuminate Moon Night Receive
I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations.
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Demonstrate Discussion Experiment Natural Problem Science Scripture Thinking

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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