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

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...

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

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

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...

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

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...

People react to fear, not love - they don't teach that in Sunday School, but...

People react to fear, not love - they don't teach that in Sunday School, but...

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...

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 does not punish evil commands it to be done.

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

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

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

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

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

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...

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...

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

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 world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else.

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives...

A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm arrives...