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What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?

Galileo Galilei

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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Deny Maintain Principle Science Truth
Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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Absolute Holy Lie Scripture Truth
The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.
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Acting Human Mind Nature Remember
Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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Greatness Inspiratioal One Liner Self Love Wisdom
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
Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
GALILEO GALILEI

Absolute Holy Lie Scripture Truth
I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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Fear Love Night Stars
Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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Measure Science
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
See now the power of truth.
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Justice One Liner Power Science Truth
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
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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Believe Holy Intention Men Necessary Salve Science Spirit Truth
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
Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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Contrary Except Impossible Nature Occur
We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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Discover Help People Teaching
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

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