A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.

Quote by Isaac Newton

Topics: Imagination Quotes, Mankind Quotes, Truth Quotes

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

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

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the...

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the...

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...

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

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

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

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 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.

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...

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

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.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

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...

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...

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient...

If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been due more to patient...

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...

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...

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.

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...