Astronomy Quote by Robert Aris Willmott
“Newton found that a star, examined through a glass tarnished by smoke, was diminished into a speck of light. But no smoke ever breathed so thick a mist as envy or detraction.”
“Newton found that a star, examined through a glass tarnished by smoke, was diminished into a speck of light. But no smoke ever breathed so thick a mist as envy or detraction.”
![“Possibly it had occurred to him the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. [...] It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.” quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aa2/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_docks_possibly-it-had-occurred-to-him-the-colo_2016153.jpg)
