To be first is often to be wrong; to persist is always to ri... - Aristarchus

This quote is attributed to Aristarchus.

"To be first is often to be wrong; to persist is always to risk being mocked."

Aristarchus Perseverance

Astronomer Ancient Greece 310–230

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