For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense.

Quote by Dante Alighieri

Topics: Evil Quotes, Intelligence Quotes, Mankind Quotes

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue...

Consider your origins: you were not made to live as brutes, but to follow virtue...

In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a...

In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a...

There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.

There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master;...

Art, as far as it is able, follows nature, as a pupil imitates his master;...

Nature is the art of God.

Nature is the art of God.

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now...

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now...

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which...

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which...

Beauty awakens the soul to act.

Beauty awakens the soul to act.

He listens well who takes notes.

He listens well who takes notes.

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.

Nature is the art of God

Nature is the art of God

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are...

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are...

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is...

If the present world go astray, the cause is in you, in you it is...

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue...

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue...

I love to doubt as well as know.

I love to doubt as well as know.

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which...

The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which...

From a little spark may burst a flame.

From a little spark may burst a flame.

A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.

A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark.

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!

Small projects need much more help than great.

Small projects need much more help than great.