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Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide. Napoléon Bonaparte		Sunday Jun 21, 2026
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We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances. To this purpose the philosophers say that Nature does nothing in vain, and more is in vain when less will serve; for Nature is pleased with simplicity; and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes. Newton

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	Newton, 1726, vol. II, p. 398.

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We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances. To this purpose the philosophers say that Nature does nothing in vain, and more is in vain when less will serve; for Nature is pleased with simplicity; and affects not the pomp of superfluous causes.