We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible.
GALILEO GALILEIGod is known by nature in his works, and by doctrine in his revealed word.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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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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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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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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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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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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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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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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In the future, there will be opened a gateway and a road to a large and excellent science into which minds more piercing than mine shall penetrate to recesses still deeper.
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All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.
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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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