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 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...

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...

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

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...

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

A well-spent day brings happy sleep

A well-spent day brings happy sleep

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.

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...

Life well spent is long.

Life well spent is long.

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he...

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he...

The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.

The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.

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

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

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 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...

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

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...

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.

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not...

You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not...