All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

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Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation ... even so does inaction...

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation ... even so does inaction...

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

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

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

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...

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

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...

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake

The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake

The desire to know is natural to good men.

The desire to know is natural to good men.

You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand

You do ill to praise, but worse to censure, what you do not understand

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.

Remember that happiness is a way of travel -- not a destination

Remember that happiness is a way of travel -- not a destination

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned...

For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned...

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...

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.

Time is the wisest counsellor of all.

Time is the wisest counsellor of all.