Buongiorno a tutti,
Do you wish you could impress your italian friends at a dinner table or on holiday in Italy with famous quotes in Italian? Well, I’ve got 2 famous quotes from very important Italians:
Eppur si muove – And yet it moves
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
These were the words whispered, or so the story goes, by the philosopher and scientist after being found guilty of grave heresy by the Inquisition. He was accused of suggesting that the Earth, then considered the centre of God’s universe, moved around the Sun
Or this wonderful quote from Leonardo Da Vinci:
Ogni nostra cognizione principia dai sentimenti – All our knowledge has its origins in perception
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519)
It’s a curious fact that Da Vinci wrote his notes in mirror writing, from right to left, leaving a lot of puzzled experts wondering why. Two of the most common theories are that he wanted to keep his work secret and that as he was left-handed he didn’t want to smudge the ink.
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