"Happy will they be who lend ear..." - Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci
Happy will they be who lend ear to the words of the dead.
More by Leonardo Da Vinci
“Never make heads straight on the shoulders, but turn them aside to the right or to the left, even though they look down, or upward, or straight ahead, because it is necessary for them to look lively and awake and not asleep. And do not depict the front or rear half of the whole person so that too much straightness is displaced, one half above or below the other half; and if you should wish to use stiff figures, do so only in portraying old people.”
“...The world wouldn't be the world, without trouble.”
“If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself or even less in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct and if you have more than one companion you will fall more deeply into the same plight.”
More on Wisdom
“Silence is the best response to a fool.”
“I have seen great beauty of spirit in some who were great sufferers. I have seen men, for the most part, grow better not worse with advancing years, and I have seen the last illness produce treasures of fortitude and meekness from most unpromising subjects.”
“Who can wait quietly until the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action?”
More on History
“My dad was a big admirer of Sergeant York stories from the First World War.”
“Mozart, the last chord of a centuries-old great European taste.”
“Abraham Lincoln and Millard Fillmore had the same title. They were both presidents of the United States, but their tenure in office and their legacy could not be more different.”