Famous Quotes by Galileo Galilei, The Assayer

Below are famous quotes by Galileo Galilei, The Assayer - Italian astronomer & physicist (1564 - 1642).

Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in passing judgement upon anything new.

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