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"The art of procreation and the members employed therein are so repulsive, that if it were not for the beauty of the faces and the adornments of the actors and the pent-up impulse, nature would lose the human species."
"Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds."
"Feathers shall raise men even as they do birds towards heaven :- That is by letters written with their quills."
"Whoever despises the high wisdom of mathematics nourishes himself on delusion and will never still the sophistic sciences whose only product is an eternal uproar."
"When the sun is covered by clouds, objects are less conspicuous, because there is little difference between the light and shade of the trees and the buildings being illuminated by the brightness of the atmosphere which surrounds the objects in such a way that the shadows are few, and these few fade away so that their outline is lost in haze."
"...The world wouldn't be the world, without trouble."
"Ask advice of him who governs himself well."
"Nothing is hidden under the sun."
"He who fears dangers will not perish by them."
"It is the infinite alone that cannot be attained, for if it could it would become finite."
"King of the animals — as thou hast described him — I should rather say king of the beasts, thou being the greatest — because thou hast spared slaying them, in order that they may give thee their children for the benefit of the gullet, of which thou hast attempted to make a sepulchre for all animals; and I would say still more, if it were allowed me to speak the entire truth."
"Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness."
"Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work least, for they are thinking out inventions."
"He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast."
"Things severed shall be united and shall acquire of themselves such virtue that they shall restore to men their lost memory: - That is the papyrus sheets, which are formed out of several strips and preserve the memory of the thoughts and deeds of men."
"The days are long enough for those who use them."
"Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses."
"The supreme misfortune is when theory outstrips performance"
"Study the science of art and the art of science."
"Lying on a feather mattress or quilt will not bring you renown."