The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

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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...

Our life is made by the death of others.

Our life is made by the death of others.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

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

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

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

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you...

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you...

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...

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

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

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...

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

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...

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...

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

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...

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...

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...

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

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...

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...

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.

He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.