1400 – 1600 CE
Rebirth of classical learning and humanist philosophy.
Knowledge is power.
— Francis Bacon
"Knowledge is power."
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
— Michel de Montaigne
"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."
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."
Do nothing which is of no use.
— Miyamoto Musashi
"Do nothing which is of no use."
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts…
"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be ..."
You can only fight the way you practice.
"You can only fight the way you practice."
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
"Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great."
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.
"Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know."
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery."
Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you…
"Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are."
"I quote others only in order the better to express myself."
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