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.
LEONARDO DA VINCICommon Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.
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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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Being willing is not enough. We must do.
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Wisdom is the daughter of experience.
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Life without love, is no life at all.
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Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.
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Art is never finished, only abandoned.
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
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Great love is born of great knowledge of the thing that is loved, and if you do not know it, you can love it little or not at all.
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Nothing is hidden under the sun.
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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
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The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
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The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men.
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Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.
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Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same.
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We know well that mistakes are more easily detected in the works of others than in one’s own.
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