Nothing can be divided into more parts than it can possibly be constituted of. But matter (i.e. finite) cannot be constituted of infinite parts.
ISAAC NEWTONGod created everything by number, weight and measure.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
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Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.
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Genius is patience.
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Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.
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The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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The description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these lines, but requires them to be drawn.
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Absolute, true and mathematical time, of itself, and from its own nature flows equably without relation to anything external.
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I see I have made my self a slave to philosophy.
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No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.
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Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
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An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend to stay in motion.
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My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.
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It seems probable to me that God, in the beginning, formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles.
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To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age.
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God created everything by number, weight and measure.
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