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Small: This enraged the other Nazi so much that the next morning he came to our house and he shot my father
"This enraged the other Nazi so much that the next morning he came to our house and he shot my father"
Bruno Schulz, Novelist
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Small: Poland is an ally of the United States of America. It was our duty to show that we are a reliable, loyal, and
"Poland is an ally of the United States of America. It was our duty to show that we are a reliable, loyal, and predictable ally. America needed our help, and we had to give it"
Adam Michnik, Editor
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Small: I think its always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And its very danger
"I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently"
Adam Michnik, Editor
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Small: In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that
"In our town there was a Gestapo officer who loved to play chess. After the occupation began, he found out that my father was the chess master of the region, and so he had him to his house every night"
Bruno Schulz, Novelist
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Small: I often wonder if we could not solve the worlds problems on a similar basis of harmony
"I often wonder if we could not solve the world's problems on a similar basis of harmony"
Artur Rodzinski, Musician
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Small: In or orchestra we have many nationalities, types, and temperaments
"In or orchestra we have many nationalities, types, and temperaments"
Artur Rodzinski, Musician
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Small: Only when every one of us and every nation learns the secret of love for all mankind will the world become a g
"Only when every one of us and every nation learns the secret of love for all mankind will the world become a great orchestra, following the beat of the Greatest Conductor of all"
Artur Rodzinski, Musician
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Small: If youre powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside
"If you're powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside"
Adam Michnik, Editor
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Small: Yet if anyone believes that the earth rotates, surely he will hold that its motion is natural, not violent
"Yet if anyone believes that the earth rotates, surely he will hold that its motion is natural, not violent"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: 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
"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, Scientist
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Small: Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at re
"Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place
"Those things which I am saying now may be obscure, yet they will be made clearer in their proper place"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: Therefore, when I considered this carefully, the contempt which I had to fear because of the novelty and appar
"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, Scientist
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Small: Therefore, in the course of the work I have followed this plan: I describe in the first book all the positions
"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"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: Therefore, having obtained the opportunity from these sources, I too began to consider the mobility of the ear
"Therefore, having obtained the opportunity from these sources, I too began to consider the mobility of the earth"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: Therefore I would not have it unknown to Your Holiness, the the only thing which induced me to look for anothe
"Therefore I would not have it unknown to Your Holiness, the the only thing which induced me to look for another way of reckoning the movements of the heavenly bodies was that I knew that mathematicians by no means agree in their investigation thereof"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens
"The massive bulk of the earth does indeed shrink to insignificance in comparison with the size of the heavens"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it ec
"The earth together with its surrounding waters must in fact have such a shape as its shadow reveals, for it eclipses the moon with the arc of a perfect circle"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: The earth also is spherical, since it presses upon its center from every direction
"The earth also is spherical, since it presses upon its center from every direction"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work, as th
"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, Scientist
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Small: So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it
"So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as the truth ideas conceived for another purpose, and depart from this study a greater fool than when he entered it"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms
"Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars
"Of all things visible, the highest is the heaven of the fixed stars"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through f
"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, Scientist
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Small: Near the sun is the center of the universe
"Near the sun is the center of the universe"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: Moreover, since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is really due rather to th
"Moreover, since the sun remains stationary, whatever appears as a motion of the sun is really due rather to the motion of the earth"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: More stars in the north are seen not to set, while in the south certain stars are no longer seen to rise
"More stars in the north are seen not to set, while in the south certain stars are no longer seen to rise"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: Mathematics is written for mathematicians
"Mathematics is written for mathematicians"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the earths mobility
"In so many and such important ways, then, do the planets bear witness to the earth's mobility"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular, since the motion appropriate to
"I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular, since the motion appropriate to a sphere is rotation in a circle"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: I can easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as some people learn that in this book which I have writ
"I can easily conceive, most Holy Father, that as soon as some people learn that in this book which I have written concerning the revolutions of the heavenly bodies, I ascribe certain motions to the Earth, they will cry out at once that I and my theory should be rejected"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: I am aware that a philosophers ideas are not subject to the judgment of ordinary persons, because it is his en
"I am aware that a philosopher's 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, Scientist
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Small: For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert
"For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them
"For I am not so enamoured of my own opinions that I disregard what others may think of them"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher,
"For a traveler going from any place toward the north, that pole of the daily rotation gradually climbs higher, while the opposite pole drops down an equal amount"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical
"First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe
"Finally we shall place the Sun himself at the center of the Universe"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun
"At rest, however, in the middle of everything is the sun"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: Although all the good arts serve to draw mans mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this func
"Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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Small: Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether
"Accordingly, since nothing prevents the earth from moving, I suggest that we should now consider also whether several motions suit it, so that it can be regarded as one of the planets. For, it is not the center of all the revolutions"
Nicolaus Copernicus, Scientist
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