You may force me to say what you wish; you may revile me for saying what I do. But it moves.
GALILEO GALILEIIt is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
More Galileo Galilei Quotes
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Nature is written in mathematical language.
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There are those who reason well, but they are greatly outnumbered by those who reason badly.
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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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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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Where the senses fail us, reason must step in.
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Mathematics is the language in which God has written the universe.
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The increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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Holy Scripture could never lie or err…its decrees are of absolute and inviolable truth.
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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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I do not know what to say in a case so surprising, so unlooked for and so novel.
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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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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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What greater stupidity can be imagined than that of calling jewels, silver, and gold “precious,” and earth and soil “base”?
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