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" Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity. "
Leonardo da Vinci
Knowledge
Own
She
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" The divisions of Perspective are 3, as used in drawing; of these, the first includes the diminution in size of opaque objects; the second treats of the diminution and loss of outline in such opaque objects; the third, of the diminution and loss of colour at long distances. "
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" As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. "
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" When people rely on surface appearances and false racial stereotypes, rather than in-depth knowledge of others at the level of the heart, mind and spirit, their ability to assess and understand people accurately is compromised. "
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" The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. "
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" Man and animals are in reality vehicles and conduits of food, tombs of animals, hostels of Death, coverings that consume, deriving life by the death of others. "
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" Information is not knowledge. "
Albert Einstein
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" The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. "
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" All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason. "
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" Grace is not part of consciousness; it is the amount of light in our souls, not knowledge nor reason. "
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Grace
Souls
" There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see. "
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Who
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" Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard. "
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" Ignorance is bold and knowledge reserved. "
Thucydides
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" In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time. "
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Water
Touch
" Every action needs to be prompted by a motive. "
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Prompted
" The painter who is familiar with the nature of the sinews, muscles, and tendons, will know very well, in giving movement to a limb, how many and which sinews cause it; and which muscle, by swelling, causes the contraction of that sinew; and which sinews, expanded into the thinnest cartilage, surround and support the said muscle. "
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Know
Giving
" 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 pursue their principles unto death. "
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Heart
Business
Strength
" It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. "
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Beginning
Wisdom
Than
" Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance. "
Plato
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Ignorance
" How many emperors and how many princes have lived and died and no record of them remains, and they only sought to gain dominions and riches in order that their fame might be ever-lasting. "
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Gain
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" While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. "
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Learning
Thought
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" The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. "
Benjamin Franklin
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Our
Own
" I have wasted my hours. "
Leonardo da Vinci
Hours
Wasted
" Our body is dependant on Heaven and Heaven on the Spirit. "
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Spirit
Heaven
Body
" Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. "
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" Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art. "
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Art
Work
" Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active. "
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" Our life is made by the death of others. "
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" All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions. "
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" The senses are of the earth, the reason stands apart from them in contemplation. "
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" Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration. "
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