I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will…

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

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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...

Our life is made by the death of others.

Our life is made by the death of others.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

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...

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not...

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not...

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a...

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a...

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.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

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

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

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People...

The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People...

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...

Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone...

Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality the supreme activity which nature affords anyone...

We sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

We sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...