So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring, to divulge the hidden cause of things

Quote by Johannes Kepler

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I demonstrate by means of philosophy that the earth is round, and is inhabited on...

I demonstrate by means of philosophy that the earth is round, and is inhabited on...

Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.

Truth is the daughter of time, and I feel no shame in being her midwife.

The squares of the periodic times are to each other as the cubes of the...

The squares of the periodic times are to each other as the cubes of the...

Nature uses as little as possible of anything.

Nature uses as little as possible of anything.

The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in...

The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in...

The radius vector describes equal areas in equal times.

The radius vector describes equal areas in equal times.

So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring,...

So long as the mother, Ignorance, lives, it is not safe for Science, the offspring,...

Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus.

Planets move in ellipses with the Sun at one focus.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is...

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is...

There is no darkness but ignorance.

There is no darkness but ignorance.

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions...

I have observed that the world has suffered far less from ignorance than from pretensions...

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

Ignorance of the law must not prevent the losing attorney from collecting his fee

Ignorance of the law must not prevent the losing attorney from collecting his fee

An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it...

An ignorance of means may minister To greatness, but an ignorance of aims Make it...

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard

In an era when the nation's collective imagination is no longer captured by space, real...

In an era when the nation's collective imagination is no longer captured by space, real...