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The Renaissance4 quotes
O, swear not by the moon, th'inconstant moon,
That monthly changes in her circled orb,
Lest that thy love prove likewise variable. — William Shakespeare · 1597It is the very error of the moon.
She comes more nearer Earth than she was wont
And makes men mad. — William Shakespeare · 1604Now glowed the firmament
With living sapphires: Hesperus that led
The starry Host, rode brightest, till the Moon
Rising in clouded Majesty, at length
Apparent Queen unveiled her peerless light,
And o'er the dark her Silver Mantle threw. — John Milton · 1667The moon's an arrant thief,
And her pale fire she snatches from the sun. — William Shakespeare · 1616Classical antiquity1 quote
The stars about the lovely moon hide their shining forms when it lights up the earth at its fullest. — Sappho · 570 BCOld Testament Era1 quote
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. — Genesis 1:16 · 1405 BC