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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Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

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...

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...

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.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

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...

Water is the driving force of all nature.

Water is the driving force of all nature.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

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...

Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.

Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is...

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

Art is the Queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the...

Art is the Queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the...

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...

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...

Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.

Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should...

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should...

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic...

I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic...

To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest...

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest...

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than...

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than...