Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

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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...

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must...

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must...

A well-spent day brings happy sleep

A well-spent day brings happy sleep

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

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

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...

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality

Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art

Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

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

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

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

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

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

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...

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

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...

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...

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

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

As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps...

As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps...

Nature never breaks her own laws.

Nature never breaks her own laws.