Galileo Galilei: If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid tha

If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night — Galileo Galilei

If you could see the earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look to you more splendid than the moon.

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