Astronomy Quote by A. D. Melville

“We climbed, he first and I behind, until though a small round opening ahead of us, I saw the lovely things the heavens hold,…

— Dante Alighieri

When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to…

— Anonymous

“Against the sky, the stars crown him, marking the edges of his silhouette like he is a constellation of himself.”

— Mackenzi Lee

“And following its path, we took no care To rest, but climbed: he first, then I-- so far, Through a round aperture I saw…

— Dante Alighieri

“And they wandered side by side, each talking at the top of his voice, for his own benefit, as the stars grew paler and…

— Émile Zola

“Bright beings that ponder, With half-closing eyes, On the stars which your wonder, Hath drawn from the skies”

— Edgar Allan Poe

In a beautiful night, under the stars, man always feels himself above the sky, beside the God!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

“It is a great and beautiful spectacle to see a man somehow emerging from oblivion by his own efforts, dispelling with the light of…

— Jean Jacques Rousseau

“Outside the window, a bank of clouds appeared on the horizon, inching slowly across the sky, finally slipping across the Moon and blocking out…

— Dan Brown

“And he told stories about the stars above, about the earth below. He told them to make the night pass, and also because his…

— Jean Giono

“I looked up into the sky and above me, the moon hung in it low, like a giant and shining light guiding me. There…

— Alyne Hart

“There is a spectacle greater than the sea, and that is the sky; there is a spectacle greater than the sky, and that is…

— Victor Hugo