The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

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Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor

Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labor

I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the...

I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the...

Our life is made by the death of others.

Our life is made by the death of others.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Experience is what you got by not having it when you need it.

Experience is what you got by not having it when you need it.

No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that...

No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that...

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

The desire to know is natural to good men.

The desire to know is natural to good men.

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not...

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not...

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than...

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than...

Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.

Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are...

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are...

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.