Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.
ISAAC NEWTONChrist comes as a thief in the night, & it is not for us to know the times & seasons which God hath put into his own breast.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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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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The motions which the planets now have could not spring from any natural cause alone, but were impressed by an intelligent agent.
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I have explained the phenomena of the heavens and of our sea by the force of gravity, but I have not yet assigned a cause to gravity.
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I consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.
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To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation.
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Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.
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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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In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God’s existence.
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Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done!
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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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Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.
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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.
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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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We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.
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The great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
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