Nicolaus Copernicus Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“More stars in the north are seen not to set, while in the south certain stars are no longer seen to rise.”

“We regard it as a certainty that the earth, enclosed between poles, is bounded by a spherical surface.”

“Therefore, in the course of the work I have followed this plan: I describe in the first book all the positions of the orbits together with the movements which I ascribe to the Earth, in order that this book might contain, as it were, the general scheme of the universe.”