#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