One has no right to love or hate anything if one has not acquired a thorough knowledge of its nature. Great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you know it but little you will be able to love it only a little or not at all.
LEONARDO DA VINCITruth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.
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Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold.
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It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
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There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.
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Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.
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Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.
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Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.
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Nature never breaks her own laws.
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To be a winner you must want to win but must know of the chance of losing and must not fear of it.
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The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.
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He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.
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The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less.
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To become an artist you have to be curious.
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I thought I was learning to live; I was only learning to die.
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The moment is timeless.
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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
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