He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

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The desire to know is natural to good men.

The desire to know is natural to good men.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and...

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and...

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you...

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you...

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...

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

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...

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.

Experience does not ever err; it is only your judgment that errs in promising itself...

Experience does not ever err; it is only your judgment that errs in promising itself...

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of...

Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of...

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

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

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

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

People react to fear, not love- they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's...

People react to fear, not love- they don't teach that in Sunday School, but it's...

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

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.