Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
GALILEO GALILEIThe vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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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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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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Science proceeds more by what it has learned to ignore than what it takes into account.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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Wine is sunlight, held together by water.
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See now the power of truth.
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It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon.
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The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never having understood anything.
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The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.
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Measure what can be measured, and make measurable what cannot be measured.
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I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn’t learn something from him.
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The greatest wisdom is to get to know oneself.
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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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The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go.
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Two truths cannot contradict one another.
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