The Ignis Fatuus is a vapor shining without heat. To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction, or, the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts. Principle that all infinites are equal is a precarious one.Ī joyous juxtaposition of rich texture and stripped-back simplicity.
Infinites, when considered absolutely without any restriction or limitation, are neither equal nor unequal, nor have any certain proportion one to another, and therefore, the There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history. The centre of the system of the world is immovable. The proper method for inquiring after the properties of things is to deduce them from experiments. Plato is my friend Aristotle is my friend, but my greatest friend is truth.Īn object in motion tends to remain in motion along a straight line unless acted upon by an outside force.
Gravity must be caused by an Agent acting constantly according to certain laws, but whether this Agent be material or immaterial I have left to the consideration of my readers. If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought. I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble orĪ prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.Įrrors are not in the art but in the artificers. We build too many walls and not enough bridges. To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction. 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 giants.
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