1400 – 1600 CE
Rebirth of classical learning and humanist philosophy.
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts…
— Francis Bacon
"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be ..."
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.
— Michel de Montaigne
"Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know."
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery."
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
"Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great."
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."
"I quote others only in order the better to express myself."
Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you…
"Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are."
You can only fight the way you practice.
— Miyamoto Musashi
"You can only fight the way you practice."
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man."
Never was anything great achieved without danger.
"Never was anything great achieved without danger."
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."
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