Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
GALILEO GALILEIMeasure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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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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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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See now the power of truth.
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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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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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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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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.
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I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with senses, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use.
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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