I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel.
GALILEO GALILEITo be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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See now the power of truth.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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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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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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Mathematics is the key and door to the sciences.
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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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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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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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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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