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

Galileo Galilei

Who would dare assert that we know all there is to be known?
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Dare Science
The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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God Heaven Path
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
The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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Science Understand Vain
Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty.
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Explanation Fact Hide Naked Science
Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Genesis Genius One Liner Passion
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
Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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Earth Move Round Science Sun
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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Authority Humble Individual Reason Science Worth
I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel.
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Case Heaven Look Surprise
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
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
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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Discover Humanity Progress Science
God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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Doctrine God Nature Reveal Work
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
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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Admire Painting Reason relief Sculpture

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