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I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel.

Galileo Galilei

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
Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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Failure One Liner Reason Science Sense Step
The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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Art Establishment Growth Increase Investigation Truth
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
Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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Earth Move Round Science Sun
The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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Science Understand Vain
The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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Greatness One Liner Self Love Wisdom
What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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Earth Imagination Science Stupidity
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
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
Being infinitely amazed, so do I give thanks to God, Who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things, unrevealed to bygone ages.
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Amaze God Infinite Thankful
Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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Experience Mankind Matter Regard Requirement Status Teaching
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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God Heaven Path
Nonetheless, it moves.
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One Liner Science
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
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Bunch Dependent Grapes Planet Revolve Sun Universe
Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Absolute Holy Lie Scripture Truth

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