Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

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Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

Here are three classes of people: Those who see. Those who see when they are...

Here are three classes of people: Those who see. Those who see when they are...

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when...

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when...

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

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...

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...

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...

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.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality

I have wasted my hours.

I have wasted my hours.

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and...

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and...

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

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...

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

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

Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that...

Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that...

What is wedlock forced but a hell, an age of discord and continual strife? Whereas...

What is wedlock forced but a hell, an age of discord and continual strife? Whereas...

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old...

Families with babies, and families without babies are sorry for each other.

Families with babies, and families without babies are sorry for each other.