"Tears come from the heart and not from the brain." — Leonardo da Vinci

Penyair berada di peringkat jauh di bawah pelukis dalam representasi hal-hal yang terlihat, dan jauh di bawah musisi dalam hal-hal yang tidak terlihat.

To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another.

There is no object so large but that at a great distance from the eye it does not appear smaller than a smaller object near.

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

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

Seperti halnya hari yang dihabiskan dengan baik membawa tidur yang membahagiakan, demikian juga hidup yang dihabiskan dengan baik membawa kematian yang membahagiakan.

It seems that it had been destined before that I should occupy myself so thoroughly with the vulture, for it comes to my mind as a very early memory, when I was still in the cradle, a vulture came down to me, he opened my mouth with his tail and struck me a few times with his tail against my lips.

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Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.