Quote by Nicolaus Copernicus
Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same reque

Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give out my work for the common benefit of students of Mathematics. – Nicolaus Copernicus

Other quotes by Nicolaus Copernicus

Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and apparent absurdity of my view, nearly induced me to abandon utterly the work I had begun. – Nicolaus Copernicus

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Fear
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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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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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Beneath fear, a bit of poetry always escapes. Sometimes, a ready soul picks it up and finds a way to transform it into beautiful verses of courage. – Terri Guillemets, “Abandoned treasure,” 2016

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Hope thou not much, and fear thou not at all. – Algernon Charles Swinburne

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Fear doesnt exist anywhere except in the mind. – Dale Carnegie

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Boredom is… a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it. – Bertrand Russell

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