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- A great flame follows a little spark.
- Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), The Divine Comedy
- The experience of this sweet life.
L'esperienza de questa dolce vita. - Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321), The Divine Comedy
- He said not 'Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be dis-eased'; but he said, 'Thou shalt not be overcome.'
- Julian of Norwich (1342 - 1416), Revelations of Divine Love
- First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.
- Thomas a Kempis (1380 - 1471), Imitation of Christ, 1420
- I know all except myself.
- Francois Villon (1431 - 1463), Ballade des Menus Propres
- Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly.
- Aldus Manutius (1449 - 1515), Placard on the door of the Aldine Press
- Intellectual passion dries out sensuality.
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519), The Notebooks
- As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519), The Notebooks
- The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
- Dante Alighieri (1265 - 1321)
- A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study but war and it organization and discipline, for that is the only art that is necessary to one who commands.
- Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527), The Prince
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