Vol. 06 · Misquoted ·Saying ·25 of 348
"And yet it moves. — Galileo"
They never said that.
What people say
"And yet it moves. — Galileo"
What was actually said
"No contemporary record that Galileo said this." Galileo Galilei — Giuseppe Baretti, Italian Library (1757)
Why it stuck
"Eppur si muove" appears in print 124 years after Galileo's 1633 trial. A painting dated 1643 inscribes the line near his portrait — the earliest trace.
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