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Galileo Galilei

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ALAN TURING Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.
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GIAMBATTISTA VICO A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right.
STEPHEN JAY GOULD Either we are all free, or we fail; democracy must belong to all of us.
DENNIS CHAVEZ Luckily one of us came to our senses.
BARBARA GRIFFIN We must beware the revenge of the starved senses, the embittered animal in its prison.
J.B. PRIESTLEY There are strange flowers of reason to match each error of the senses.
LOUIS ARAGON The moment we hide our partners, that's where we fail to overcome those who tempt us
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GALILEO You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. -Galileo.
GALILEO You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.
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GALILEO It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
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