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Wisdom about space & the cosmos.
What people have learned about space & the cosmos the hard way, and what the classics said about it first.
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From the library
Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
(The Tao) which originated all under the sky is to be considered as the mother of them all.
The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
Lord, what fools these mortals be!
How do I know that this effect is sure to hold thus all under the sky? By this (method of observation).
One may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
Without going outside his door, one understands (all that takes place) under the sky; without looking out from his window, one sees the Tao of Heaven. The farther that one goes out (from himself), the less he knows.
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
Who knows his manhood's strength, Yet still his female feebleness maintains; As to one channel flow the many drains, All come to him, yea, all beneath the sky. Thus he the constant excellence retains; The simple child again, free from all stains. Who knows how white attracts, Yet always keeps himself within black's shade, The pattern of humility displayed, Displayed in view of all beneath the…
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.
By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.
The world is grown so bad that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Doubt thou the stars are fire; doubt that the sun doth move; doubt truth to be a liar; but never doubt I love.