I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

Quote by Isaac Newton

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We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe,...

The system of revealed truth which this Book contains is like that of the universe,...

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of...

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of...

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both...

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of...

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of...

It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.

It is the weight, not numbers of experiments that is to be regarded.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then...

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.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that...

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that...

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than...

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than...

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that...

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that...

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of...

To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of...

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.