The more time and devotion one spends in the worship of false gods, the less he is able to spend in that of the true One.
ISAAC NEWTON
Therefore to the same natural effects we must, as far as possible, assign the same causes.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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The more time and devotion one spends in the worship of false gods, the less he is able to spend in that of the true One.
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Opposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.
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No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.
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As a blind man has no idea of colors, so we have no idea of the manner by which the all-wise God perceives and understands all things.
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Every body persists in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces having impact upon it.
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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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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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No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.
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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
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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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The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.
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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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No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.
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Nature is very consonant and conformable with herself.
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Plato is my friend, Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.
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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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