1400 – 1600 CE
Rebirth of classical learning and humanist philosophy.
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
"Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great."
"I quote others only in order the better to express myself."
You can only fight the way you practice.
— Miyamoto Musashi
"You can only fight the way you practice."
Do nothing which is of no use.
"Do nothing which is of no use."
On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our…
— Michel de Montaigne
"On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom."
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler …
"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the me..."
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
— Francis Bacon
"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."
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 ..."
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."
Knowledge is power.
"Knowledge is power."
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