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Isaac Newton Quotes: I can measure the motion of bodies but I cannot measure human folly.
         

I can measure the motion of bodies but I cannot measure human folly.


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



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Every action has an equal and opposite reaction



All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer.

All my discoveries have been made in answer to prayer.



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