Day/astronomy

Famous quotes containing the words day and/or astronomy:

    “By day thy warning ringing bell to sound its notes,
    By night thy silent signal lamps to swing.”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    “It is noticed, that the consideration of the great periods and spaces of astronomy induces a dignity of mind, and an indifference to death.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)