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Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.

Isaac Newton

God is the same God, always and everywhere. He is omnipresent not virtually only, but also substantially, for virtue cannot subsist without substance.
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Always God Substain Substance Virtual Viture
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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Infinite Matter Possible Science
Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.
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Brain Cause Fiber Motion Nerve Photograph Vision
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
Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors.
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Atheist ManKindness Professor Sense
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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Body Change Force Impact Motion Persist State Straight Uniform
To arrive at the simplest truth requires years of contemplation.
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Arrive Contemplation Requirement Simplicity Truth
To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
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Advance Connection Earth Honour Science
Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
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Explanation Gravity Motion Planet Science
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
An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.
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Force Motion Object Science Straight
The way to chastity is not to struggle directly with incontinent thoughts but to avert the thoughts by some imployment, or by reading, or meditating on other things.
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Continent Meditation Reading Struggle
The centre of the system of the world is immovable.
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Centre Move Science System World
The synthesis consists in assuming the Causes discovered and established as Principles, and by them explaining the Phænomena proceeding from them, and proving the explanations.
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Cause Discover Establishment Explanation Principle Proceed Prove Science Synthesis
I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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Body Calculate Funny Heaven Madness Motion People
Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense.
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Kindness Nonsense One Liner Poetry

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