I’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
GALILEO GALILEIIt is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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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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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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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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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
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Philosophy is written in that great book which ever lies before our eyes. I mean the universe, but we cannot understand it if we do not first learn the language and grasp the symbols, in which it is written.
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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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The earth, in fair and grateful exchange, pays back to the moon an illumination similar to that which it receives from her throughout nearly all the darkest gloom of the night.
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We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible.
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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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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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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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