To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

Quote by Isaac Newton

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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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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.

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.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

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...

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

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

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...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

Vulgarity is the conduct of other people, just as falsehoods are the truths of other...

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled...

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of...

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of...

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the...

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the...

You're only a dog, old fellow; a dog, and you've had your day; But never...

You're only a dog, old fellow; a dog, and you've had your day; But never...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I...