Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
LEONARDO DA VINCIOne 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.
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Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.
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Experience is a truer guide than the words of others.
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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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Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.
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Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold.
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Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same.
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Water is the driving force in nature.
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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
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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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All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.
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I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.
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It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
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The five senses are the ministers of the soul.
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People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.
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God sells us all things at the price of labor.
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