A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.
Laws of motion and gravity
From 'De Gravitatione et Aequipondio Fluidorum' (On the Gravity and Equilibrium of Fluids)
c. 1684
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