#comet

It may well be on such a night of clouds and cruel colors that there is brought forth upon the earth such a portent as a respectable poet. You say you are a poet of law; I say you are a contradiction in terms. I only wonder there were not comets and earthquakes on the night you appeared in this garden. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#comets #cruel-colors #earthquakes #garden #night

It was not an asteroid or comet, because it would have killed everything. ↗

— Robert T. Bakker

#because #comet #everything #killed #would

Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety. ↗

— William Drummond

#bridle #cometh #destroy #guard #lest

If there is a God, whence proceed so many evils? If there is no God, whence cometh any good? ↗

— Boethius

#cometh #evils #god #good #many

I conclude, therefore, that this star is not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor... but that it is a star shining in the firmament itself one that has never previously been seen before our time, in any age since the beginning of the world. ↗

— Tycho Brahe

#any #been #before #beginning #comet

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#april #as far as #cometh #ever #far

I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the matter. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#comet #find #i #know #little

Cometh the hour, cometh the man. ↗

— Cliff Gladwin

#clutch #cometh #courage #inspirational #inspire

For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally. We created myths and spirits in an attempt to explain the patterns of nature. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#comet #created #drought #every #explain

The Judge is before the door: he that cometh will come, and will not tarry: his reward is with him. ↗

— George Whitefield

#come #cometh #door #him #his