John Dickinson
Politician, Founding Father
"Experience must be our only guide. Reason may mislead us."
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Mislead Us
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Leonardo da Vinci
Artist, Scientist, Inventor
"Art is never finished, only abandoned."
Leonardo da Vinci
Artist, Scientist, Inventor
"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding."
Leonardo da Vinci
Artist, Scientist, Inventor
"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"
Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
"But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which is equally requisite to the great and mean, to the celebrated and obscure; the art of moderating the desires, of repressing the appetites; and of conciliating or retaining the favour of mankind."
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"Sometimes in conversation the sound of our own voice distracts us and misleads us into making assertions that in no way express our true opinions."
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"I would throw out the sense of nation, "good breeding," certain forms and ceremonies that govern relationships - perhaps even jealousy. We're not aware of all of them yet, though we suffer from them. And they mislead us not only about ethics but also about aesthetics."
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