The brightness of a star reveals not its importance but its ... - Hipparchus

This quote is attributed to Hipparchus.

"The brightness of a star reveals not its importance but its distance and luminosity—a lesson for all judgment."

Hipparchus Justice

Astronomer Mathematician Anatolia (Nicaea) 190–120

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