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

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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.

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 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...

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.

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.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...