1400 – 1600 CE
Rebirth of classical learning and humanist philosophy.
Knowledge is power.
— Francis Bacon
"Knowledge is power."
Never was anything great achieved without danger.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
"Never was anything great achieved without danger."
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."
You can only fight the way you practice.
— Miyamoto Musashi
"You can only fight the way you practice."
Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you…
"Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are."
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
"Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great."
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."
"I quote others only in order the better to express myself."
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 ..."
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."
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery."
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