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Physics, beware of metaphysics.

Isaac Newton

The moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit.
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Earth Gravity Moon Motion Orbit Science
Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
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Friendship Truth
If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results.
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Believe Business Positive Result Success Thinking
There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.
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Authencity History Science
To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.
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Age Difficult Explanation Explore Man Task Travel
I feign no hypotheses.
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Hypothesis Mathematics
A cylinder of air reaching to the top of the atmosphere is of equal weight with a cylinder of water about 33 feet high.
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Air Atmosphere High Reach Water Weight
Therefore, the causes assigned to natural effects of the same kind must be, so far as possible, the same.
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Cause Effect Natural Possible Science
I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.
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Belief Fundamental God Religious Study Writing
Nature is very consonant and conformable with herself.
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Comfortable Herself Nature One Liner
No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.
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Religion Science
If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
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Deep Done Due Patience Public Service
Truth is the offspring of silence and meditation.
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Meditation Offspring One Liner Silence Truth
Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.
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Law Man Philosophy
Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after than to explain all things by conjecture without making sure of any thing.
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Explanation Leaving
All knowledge and understanding of the Universe was no more than playing with stones and shells on the seashore of the vast imponderable ocean of truth.
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Knowledge Play Sea Shell Stone Truth Understand Universe

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