Galileo Galilei Quotes

Being infinitely amazed, so do I give thanks to God, Who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things, unrevealed to bygone ages.

Galileo Galilei

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• Being infinitely amazed, so do I give thanks to God, Who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things, unrevealed to bygone ages.

  

  Galileo Galilei
  • God
  • Amazed
  • Infinitely