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Isaac Newton

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Biography - Isaac Newton:

English mathematician, astronomer and physicist.
Born: 1643 - Died: 1727
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.



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Quotes for: truth


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Quotes for: truth


To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.





Love truth, but pardon error.





Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.





The language of truth is simple.





Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.





Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.











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If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.





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





To myself I am only a child playing on the beach, while vast oceans of truth lie undiscovered before me.





Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.





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 that connected with advances in science.












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