That sculpture is more admirable than painting for the reason that it contains relief and painting does not is completely false.
GALILEO GALILEII’ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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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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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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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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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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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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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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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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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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I am certainly interested in a tribunal in which, for having used my reason, I was deemed little less than a heretic.
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I entertain no doubts as to the truth of the transfinites, which I have recognized with God’s help.
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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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Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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