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.
LEONARDO DA VINCII 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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Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.
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The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.
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As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
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Fear arises sooner than anything else.
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Motion is created by the destruction of balance.
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The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain.
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Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly.
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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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The five senses are the ministers of the soul.
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Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
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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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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
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The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.
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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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Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.
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