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God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.

Galileo Galilei

I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
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Himself Ignorant Inspirational Learning
We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Mathematics Number Science
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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Explanation Fact Hide Naked Science
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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Authority Individual Man Opinion Reason Science Spark Worth
Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.
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Accomodation Attribute Essence Name Science
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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Astronomy Earth Opinion Philosophy Round Science Study Sun Universe
Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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Contradict One Liner Truth
To be humane, we must ever be ready to pronounce that wise, ingenious and modest statement ‘I do not know’.
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Modest Statement Wise
Nature is written in mathematical language.
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Language Mathemetics Nature One Liner
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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Deny Maintain Principle Science Truth
Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not.
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Action Change Hide Indifference Man Nature Reason Understand
The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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Science Understand Vain
It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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Beautiful Body Delight Moon Sight
There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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Bad Intelligence Reason
What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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Earth Imagination Science Stupidity
Nothing occurs contrary to nature except the impossible, and that never occurs.
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Contrary Except Impossible Nature Occur

God is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.

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