Tycho Brahe
10 quotes
“The mind of man is quick to see the errors of others, yet slow to recognize its own.”
“O God, I am a great sinner, but I have never doubted Thy mercy.”
“Now it is clear to me that the new star is not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor, but a star shining in the firmament.”
“I have studied all things celestial, and now I know the heavens as if they were my own backyard.”
“Let me not seem to have lived in vain. Last words, in Dreyer (1890) p. 386.”
“Those who study the stars have God for a teacher. Reported in Bob Perlongo, The Everyday Almanac , 2nd ed. (1995 [1979]) p. 15”
“An astronomer must be cosmopolitan because ignorant statesmen can not be expected to value their services. An Itinery written by Fynes Morrison , &c. (London, 1617) fol., p. 60, quoted in J. L. E. Dreyer, Tycho Brahe (Edinburgh, 1890) p. 261.”
“Epistolarum astronomicarum liber primus (1596) in Tychonis Brahe opera omnia , vol. 6, p. 23, l. 32”
“Simplicibus itaque verbis gaudet Mathematica Veritas, cum etiam per se simplex sit Veritatis oratio. Mathematical Truth therefore rejoices in simple words, since the language of Truth is itself simple.”
“For it is now quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens. J. L. E. Dreyer (ed.) Tychonis Brahe opera omnia , vol. 3, p. 111, ll. 17”