"When, according to habit, I was contemplating the……" — Tycho Brahe
"When, according to habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed a new and unusual star, surpassing the other stars in brilliancy . . . . There had never before been any star in that place in the sky."
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18 Quotes by Tycho Brahe
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For those [observations] that I made in Leipzig in my youth and up to my 21st year, I usually call…
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From his observations, he concluded that it [Tycho's supernova] was not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor, whether…
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The star [Tycho's supernova] was at first like Venus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became like…
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Those who study the stars have God for a teacher.
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May I not seem to have lived in vain.
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The body of the Earth, large, sluggish and inapt for motion, is not to be disturbed by movement (especially three…
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And when statesmen or others worry him [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions. With a…
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An astronomer must be cosmopolitan, because ignorant statesmen cannot be expected to value their services
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There is something eccentric in the orbit of Mars.
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So mathematical truth prefers simple words since the language of truth is itself simple.
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Now it is quite clear to me that there are no solid spheres in the heavens, and those that have…
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When I had satisfied myself that no star of that kind had ever shone before, I was led into such…
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