The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.
ISAAC NEWTONNature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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Are not rays of light very small bodies emitted from shining substances?
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Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.
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Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense.
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If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
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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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My principal method for defeating error and heresy is by establishing the truth. One purposes to fill a bushel with tares, but if I can fill it first with wheat, I may defy his attempts.
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Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.
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I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.
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Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done!
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Let me think – I wonder if an anvil will drop like an apple?
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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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I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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The best way to understanding is a few good examples.
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If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
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An object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.
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