Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom.
GALILEO GALILEIThe increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.
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Earth, turning upon itself, moves round the Sun.
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We must say that there are as many squares as there are numbers.
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Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought.
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If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.
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You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself.
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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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The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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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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Holy Writ was intended to teach men how to go to Heaven not how the heavens go.
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You cannot teach a person something he does not already know, you can only bring what he does know to his awareness.
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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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Passion is the genesis of genius.
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See now the power of truth.
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In time you may discover everything that can be discovered, and still your progress will only be progress away from humanity.
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Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze.
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