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Quote by Nicolaus Copernicus
For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study. – Nicolaus Copernicus

Other quotes by Nicolaus Copernicus

I am aware that a philosophers ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his endeavour to seek the truth in all things, to the extent permitted to human reason by God. – Nicolaus Copernicus

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Truth
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To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge. – Nicolaus Copernicus

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Knowledge
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So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work, as they had long besought me to do. – Nicolaus Copernicus

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Hope
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History, as long as it continues to happen, is always another chance. – R. Jackson Wilson

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History

No one can really know the life of his own day, let alone that of times long past. Always the historian sees as in a mirror darkly, the reds and the golds rendered drab by the shadows of time. – Earl R. Beck, On Teaching History in Colleges and Universities

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History

All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war they make it tour the world. – Victor Cousin

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History

When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas. – Evita Peron

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History

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