I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light.
ISAAC NEWTONNature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.
More Isaac Newton Quotes
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The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat.
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What goes up must come down.
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Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.
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No sciences are better attested than the religion of the Bible.
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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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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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When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
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The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments.
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No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.
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Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.
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Poetry is a kind of ingenious nonsense.
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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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What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean.
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Hypotheses non fingo. I frame no hypotheses.
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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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