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Galileo Galilei on Literature

Browse 1 quotations attributed to Galileo Galilei, catalogued under Literature, with dates where available.

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Attributed to Galileo Galilei, entry #246604: ""It seems to me that it was well said by Madama Serenissima, and insisted on by your reverence, that the Holy Scripture cannot err, and that the decrees therein contained are abso…"

1 Quotes by Galileo Galilei on Literature

""It seems to me that it was well said by Madama Serenissima, and insisted on by your reverence, that the Holy Scripture cannot err, and that the decrees therein contained are absolutely true and inviolable. But I should have in your place added that, though Scripture cannot err, its expounders and interpreters are liable to err in many ways; and one error in particular would be most grave and most frequent, if we always stopped short at the literal signification of the words.""

— Galileo Galilei

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