Satire · Political literatureThey wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.Thomas MoreUtopia · 1516★ 5.3
Satire · Political literatureThey have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.Thomas MoreUtopia · 1516★ 4.5
Personal journalWhoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but rather memory.Leonardo da Vinci1519★ 4.0
Personal journalIron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.Leonardo da Vinci1519★ 3.9
Personal journalHuman subtlety... Will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.Leonardo da Vinci1519★ 3.8
Treatise · Political literature · Philosophical literatureThere is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.Niccolo MachiavelliThe Prince · 1513★ 2.2
Satire · Political literatureAnyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.Thomas MoreUtopia · 1516★ 2.0
Treatise · Political literature · Philosophical literatureWhoever is responsible for another's becoming powerful ruins himself.Niccolo MachiavelliThe Prince · 1513★ 1.4
Personal journalPainting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen.Leonardo da Vinci1519★ 1.3
Personal journalThis benign nature so provides that over all the world you find something to imitate.Leonardo da Vinci1519★ 1.3
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