Original: «I don't take sides in these matters except as one does in civil wars, when the uncertainty of what might happen makes one maintain contacts on the opposite side and make arrangements even with the enemy. As for me, although I see the Moon as inhabited, I still live on good terms with those who don't believe it, and I keep myself in a position where I could shift to their opinion honorably if they gained the upper hand».
Fuente: Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds. Autores M. de (Bernard Le Bovier) Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle. Traducido por H. A. Hargreaves. Colaborador ina Rattner Gelbart. Editorial University of California Press, 1990. ISBN 9780520071711. Página 127. https://books.google.es/books?id=u6IwDwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Conversations+on+the+Plurality+of+Worlds&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF0engnLfgAhUNy4UKHVW6AYIQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=opinion%20honorably&f=false
