Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
LEONARDO DA VINCIMan 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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The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain.
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It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
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Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.
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He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.
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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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I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
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People of higher talent work, even if they seem to do nothing.
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As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
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The length of a man’s outspread arms is equal to his height.
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To become an artist you have to be curious.
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A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man’s mind.
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The knowledge of all things is possible.
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Learning is the only thing that never disappoints us.
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Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.
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A 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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