Galileo Galilei Quote

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.


The Assayer (1623)


Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about...

Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about...

Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about...

Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about...