What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
GALILEO GALILEISee now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.
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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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The laws of nature are written by the hand of God in the language of mathematics.
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See now the power of truth; the same experiment which at first glance seemed to show one thing, when more carefully examined, assures us of the contrary.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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The Divine intellect indeed knows infinitely more propositions.
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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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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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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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Nonetheless, it moves.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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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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