Tycho Brahe

When I had satisfied myself that no star of that kind had ever shone before, I was led into such perplexity by…

— Tycho Brahe

The body of the Earth, large, sluggish and inapt for motion, is not to be disturbed by movement (especially three movements), any…

— Tycho Brahe

For those [observations] that I made in Leipzig in my youth and up to my 21st year, I usually call childish and…

— Tycho Brahe

And when statesmen or others worry him [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. With a firm and…

— Tycho Brahe

The star [Tycho's supernova] was at first like Venus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became like Mars, there…

— Tycho Brahe

Those who study the stars have God for a teacher.

— Tycho Brahe

When, according to habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed a new and unusual star, surpassing the…

— Tycho Brahe

So mathematical truth prefers simple words since the language of truth is itself simple.

— Tycho Brahe

I conclude, therefore, that this star is not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor... but that it is a star…

— Tycho Brahe

With a firm and steadfast mind one should hold under all conditions, that everywhere the earth is below and the sky above,…

— Tycho Brahe

Behold, directly overhead, a certain strange star was suddenly seen . . . Amazed, and as if astonished and stupified, I stood still

— Tycho Brahe

It was not just the Church that resisted the heliocentrism of Copernicus.

— Tycho Brahe

There is something eccentric in the orbit of Mars.

— Tycho Brahe

An astronomer must be cosmopolitan, because ignorant statesmen cannot be expected to value their services

— Tycho Brahe

And when statesman or others worry [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions.

— Tycho Brahe

Because the region of the Celestial World is of so great and such incredible magnitude as aforesaid, and since in what has…

— Tycho Brahe

That the machine of Heaven is not a hard and impervious body full of various real spheres, as up to now has…

— Tycho Brahe

May I not seem to have lived in vain.

— Tycho Brahe

The mouse is wise, but the cat is wiser.

— Tycho Brahe

From his observations, he concluded that it [Tycho's supernova] was not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor, whether these be…

— Tycho Brahe

Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have been devised…

— Tycho Brahe