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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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.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

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...

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 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...

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,...

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...

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.

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...

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

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...

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.

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 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...

Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the...

Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the...

Humility is similar to humanity with both being deepily connected with the behavioural kindness as...

Humility is similar to humanity with both being deepily connected with the behavioural kindness as...

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and...

With courage you will dare to take risks, have the strength to be compassionate, and...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...

Politics has always been the art of the possible. Today it's too often the art...