Ferdinand Magellan — "The Church says the Earth is flat, but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I…"
The Church says the Earth is flat, but I have seen its shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the Church.
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Widely attributed, but likely apocryphal. No direct historical source confirms Magellan saying this exact phrase.
Date: c. 1519
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