Good writing comes from good talent.
We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot.
Every action done by nature is done in the shortest way.
Who would believe that so small a space could contain the images of all the universe?
Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves.
The cat is nature's masterpiece.
Having wandered some distance among gloomy rocks, I came to the entrance of a great cavern ... Two contrary emotions arose in me: fear and desire--fear of the threatening dark cavern, desire to see whether there were any marvelous things in it.
Just as eating against one's will is injurious to health, so studying without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in.
There are many kinds of beauty as people who possess it.
A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man's mind.
To lie is vile, to tell truth is excellent, if not noble.
For those colours which you wish to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground.
While you are alone you are entirely your own master and if you have one companion you are but half your own, and the less so in proportion to the indiscretion of his behavior.
I wish to work miracles.
Lying on a feather mattress or quilt will not bring you renown.
I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand.
Whatever you think matters - doesn't. Follow this rule, and you will add decades to your life. Rodger Rosenblatt As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
The study of what is excellent is food for the mind and body.
He who in reasoning cites authority is making use of his memory rather than of his intellect.
Strive to preserve your health; and in this you will better succeed in proportion as you keep clear of the physicians, for their drugs are a kind of alchemy concerning which there are no fewer books than there are medicines.
The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow.
Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.
No human investigation can be called real science if it cannot be demonstrated mathematically.
A gray day provides the best light.
Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that old age has wisdom for its food, you will so conduct yourself in youth that your old age will not lack for nourishment.
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