If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.
Thomas HardyLadies know what to guard against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks.
Thomas HardyDid you say the stars were worlds, Tess?" "Yes." "All like ours?" "I don't know, but I think so. They sometimes seem to be like the apples on our stubbard-tree. Most of them splendid and sound - a few blighted." "Which do we live on - a splendid one or a blighted one?" "A blighted one.
Thomas Hardy