“E pur si muove” “It still moves.” muttered under his breath at Inquisition, after he had publicly recanted his position on Earth’s movement.

"I render infinite thanks to God for being so kind as to make me alone the first observer of marvels kept hidden in obscurity for all previous centuries."

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."

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