The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

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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...

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

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...

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...

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...

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than...

Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than...

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

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

Our life is made by the death of others.

Our life is made by the death of others.

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...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

He paints for the blind, and we are the blind, and he lets us see...

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come...

I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come...

We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in...

We need a renaissance of wonder. We need to renew, in our hearts and in...

What this country needs is a great poem. John Brown's Body was a step in...

What this country needs is a great poem. John Brown's Body was a step in...