I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death
LEONARDO DA VINCIA painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
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He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
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Nothing is hidden under the sun.
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Ask advice of him who governs himself well.
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The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
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In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
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Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.
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The length of a man’s outspread arms is equal to his height.
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Man has much power of discourse which for the most part is vain and false; animals have but little, but it is useful and true, and a small truth is better than a great lie.
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Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.
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My body will not be a tomb for other creatures.
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All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.
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Learning never exhausts the mind.
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He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
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I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have.
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