It is reasonable that forces directed toward bodies depend on the nature and the quantity of matter of such bodies, as happens in the case of magnetic bodies.
ISAAC NEWTONGenius is patience.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
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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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I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory, they must render all objections invalid.
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The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.
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The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.
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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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Centripetal force is the force by which bodies are drawn from all sides, are impelled, or in any way tend, toward some point as to a center.
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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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I consider my greatest accomplishment to be lifelong celibacy.
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I do not think that this [the universe] can be explained only by natural causes, and are forced to impute to the wisdom and ingenuity of an intelligent.
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Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
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Let me think – I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?
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What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.
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We are not to consider the world as the body of God: he is an uniform being, void of organs, members, or parts; and they are his creatures, subordinate to him, and subservient to his will.
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