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

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

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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

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Our life is made by the death of others.

Our life is made by the death of others.

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.

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.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

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...

I have wasted my hours.

I have wasted my hours.

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.

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 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...

Nature never breaks her own laws.

Nature never breaks her own laws.

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...

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when...

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when...

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...

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...

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them

All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans...

All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans...

I'd like [people] to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet...

I'd like [people] to remember me for a diligent expert workman. I think a poet...