Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
GALILEO GALILEITo be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.
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In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.
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To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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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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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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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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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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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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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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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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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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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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