We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.

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...

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.

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...

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...

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...

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

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...

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 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 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...

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.

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 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.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

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...

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...

What is now proved was once only imagin'd.

What is now proved was once only imagin'd.

Imagination decides everything

Imagination decides everything

A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one...

A strange thing is memory, and hope; one looks backward, and the other forward; one...

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.

Our ability to adapt is amazing. Our ability to change isn't quite as spectacular.