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> [I know that I am mortal and the creature of a day; but when I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars, my feet no longer touch the earth, but, side by side with Zeus himself, I take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/i-know-that-i-am-mortal-and-the-creature-of-a-day-but-when-i-search/)

[Ptolemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptolemy/)

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## More by Ptolemy

> [Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/everything-that-is-hard-to-attain-is-easily-assailed-by-the/)

[Ptolemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptolemy/)

> [There’s an inherent message in my work relating to recycling and the nature of value, but my artistic inspiration is fired by the qualities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/there-s-an-inherent-message-in-my-work-relating-to-recycling-and-the/)

[Ptolemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptolemy/)

> [It is clearly evident that most events of a widespread nature draw their causes from the enveloping heavens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/it-is-clearly-evident-that-most-events-of-a-widespread-nature-draw/)

[Ptolemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptolemy/)

> [“I know that I am mortal by nature, and ephemeral; but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/i-know-that-i-am-mortal-by-nature-and-ephemeral-but-when-i-trace-at/)

[Ptolemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptolemy/)

> [The length of life takes the leading place among inquiries about events following birth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/the-length-of-life-takes-the-leading-place-among-inquiries-about/)

[Ptolemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptolemy/)

> [The heaven is spherical in shape, and moves as a sphere; the earth too is sensibly spherical in shape, when taken as a whole;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/the-heaven-is-spherical-in-shape-and-moves-as-a-sphere-the-earth-too/)

[Ptolemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptolemy/)

> [Therefore the solid body of the earth is reasonably considered as being the largest relative to those moving against it and as remaining unmoved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/therefore-the-solid-body-of-the-earth-is-reasonably-considered-as/)

[Ptolemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptolemy/)

> [As material fortune is associated with the properties of the body, so honor belongs to those of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/as-material-fortune-is-associated-with-the-properties-of-the-body-so/)

[Ptolemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptolemy/)

> [If the earth were flat from east to west, the stars would rise as soon for westerners as for orientals, which is false. Also,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/if-the-earth-were-flat-from-east-to-west-the-stars-would-rise-as-soon/)

[Ptolemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptolemy/)

> [Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/mortal-as-i-am-i-know-that-i-am-born-for-a-day-but-when-i-follow-at/)

[Ptolemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptolemy/)

> [Mortal through I be, yea ephemeral, if but a moment I gaze up at the night's starry domain of heaven, Then no longer on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/mortal-through-i-be-yea-ephemeral-if-but-a-moment-i-gaze-up-at-the/)

[Ptolemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptolemy/)

> [I often prefer the shapes within the raw materials to ‘do their thing’, as this makes it movre interesting for me. Sometimes a piece…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/i-often-prefer-the-shapes-within-the-raw-materials-to-do-their-thing/)

[Ptolemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptolemy/)

> [I know that I am mortal and the creature of a day; but when I search out the massed wheeling circles of the stars,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/i-know-that-i-am-mortal-and-the-creature-of-a-day-but-when-i-search/)

[Ptolemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptolemy/)

> [“From all this we concluded that the first two divisions of theoretical philosophy should rather be called guesswork than knowledge, theology because of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/from-all-this-we-concluded-that-the-first-two-divisions-of/)

[Ptolemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ptolemy/)

> [There are three classes of friendship and enmity, since men are so disposed to one another either by preference or by need or by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ptolemy/there-are-three-classes-of-friendship-and-enmity-since-men-are-so/)

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