1.
"Errors are not in the art but in the artificers."
"Errors are not in the art but in the artificers."
2.
"A great deal of the time, human understanding is influenced by the imagination."
"A great deal of the time, human understanding is influenced by the imagination."
3.
"Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion."
"Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion."
4.
"I have studied the matter; and I am convinced that, in this world, there is nothing so powerful as the mathematical arts."
"I have studied the matter; and I am convinced that, in this world, there is nothing so powerful as the mathematical arts."
5.
"What goes up must come down."
"What goes up must come down."
6.
"I am not a poet, I am a mathematician."
"I am not a poet, I am a mathematician."
7.
"If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent."
"If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent."
8.
"No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess."
"No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess."
9.
"In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence."
"In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence."
10.
"I have a simple faith. I believe the universe was created by an intelligent force."
"I have a simple faith. I believe the universe was created by an intelligent force."
11.
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'"
12.
"No one ever gets something for nothing."
"No one ever gets something for nothing."
13.
"A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true."
"A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true."
14.
"The more I study, the more I know I don't know."
"The more I study, the more I know I don't know."
15.
"Live your life as an exclamation rather than an explanation."
"Live your life as an exclamation rather than an explanation."
16.
"This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being."
"This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets, could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being."
17.
"The world is the most perfect system possible, and it operates according to laws that are orderly and universal."
"The world is the most perfect system possible, and it operates according to laws that are orderly and universal."
18.
"Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy."
"Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy."
19.
"Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things."
"Truth is ever to be found in the simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things."
20.
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
21.
"It is the perfection of God's works that they are all done with the greatest simplicity."
"It is the perfection of God's works that they are all done with the greatest simplicity."
22.
"Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy."
"Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy."
23.
"What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean."
"What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean."
24.
"I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people."
"I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people."
25.
"I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
"I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."
26.
"What we know is a drop, what we do not know is an ocean."
"What we know is a drop, what we do not know is an ocean."
27.
"We build too many walls and not enough bridges."
"We build too many walls and not enough bridges."
28.
"To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction."
"To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction."
29.
"The hypothesis of God may be necessary to explain the creation of the universe, but the world operates according to laws that can be understood and described by science."
"The hypothesis of God may be necessary to explain the creation of the universe, but the world operates according to laws that can be understood and described by science."
30.
"The greatest problem for me has been in the application of mathematics to the real world, for there are so many complexities."
"The greatest problem for me has been in the application of mathematics to the real world, for there are so many complexities."
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