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Nature is relentless and unchangeable, and it is indifferent as to whether its hidden reasons and actions are understandable to man or not. Galileo Galilei
Nature Man Hidden Relentless Indifferent Unchangeable Understandable Whether Reasons Actions
The role of a goalkeeper is difficult to judge, above all if you haven't been a goalkeeper. It's like me giving an opinion on someone's job without having had any experience in their sector. You start to realise how many stupid things are said and written about goalkeepers. Gianluigi Buffon
Me You Experience Judge Job Giving Stupid Difficult Sector About Someone Above Having Had Written Like Without Opinion Said How Been Goalkeeper Role Any Realise Many Things Start
The natural desire of good men is knowledge. Leonardo da Vinci
Good Knowledge Natural Men Good Men Desire
Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers. Leonardo da Vinci
Science Practice Soldiers Captain
Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it. Leonardo da Vinci
Life Courage Fear Protects Just
How many emperors and how many princes have lived and died and no record of them remains, and they only sought to gain dominions and riches in order that their fame might be ever-lasting. Leonardo da Vinci
Record Only Remains Princes Sought How Fame Died Order Gain Them Might Riches Many Lived
The adolescent must never be treated as a child, for that is a stage of life that he has surpassed. It is better to treat an adolescent as if he had greater value than he actually shows than as if he had less and let him feel that his merits and self-respect are disregarded. Maria Montessori
Life Self-Respect Treat Better Value Stage Must Adolescent Never Had He Feel Merits Him Greater His Than Child Less Shows Actually Disregarded Treated
Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. Michelangelo
Art Trifle Trifles Perfection Make
A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair. Niccolo Machiavelli
Son Father Drive Despair Bear Him Equanimity His Loss May Inheritance
No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution. Niccolo Machiavelli
Business Enemy Enterprise Ripe More Concealed Until Likely Execution Than Succeed
The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period. Oriana Fallaci
You Culture Values Give Civilization Period Dead Principles Up Your Moment
To be able to say how much love, is love but little. Petrarch
Love Love Is Say Able How How Much Little Much
There is a Fountain of Youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. Sophia Loren
Life Love You Age Youth Creativity People Mind Will Talents Learn Source Tap Truly Your Lives Fountain Defeated Bring
There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved. Thomas Aquinas
Church Men Saved Possible Find Outside Noah Ark Salvation Just Anyone Which
Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts. Benito Mussolini
Our Teeth Between Scorn Hearts Hands Infinite Us Let Us Dagger Bomb
I don't believe in cutting out people from the past. It doesn't give strength; it just gives loneliness. Carla Bruni
Loneliness Strength People Past Believe Out Give Gives Just Cutting
For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps. Christopher Columbus
Mathematics Intelligence Indies Execution Make Voyage Did Use Maps
Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise. Christopher Columbus
World Paradise Possesses He Wishes Does Souls Gold Succeeds Who Helping Treasure
The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is. Dante Alighieri
Good Bad More Perfect Susceptible Good And Bad Thing Treatment
A mighty flame followeth a tiny spark. Dante Alighieri
Flame Tiny Mighty Spark
Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level. Enrico Fermi
Confused Before About Having Higher Higher Level Am Still Came Lecture Subject Listened Your Level Here
Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in the heavens, you have made them bright, precious and fair. Francis of Assisi
You Moon Made Sister Stars Through Fair Lord Praised Precious Heavens Them Bright
Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty. Galileo Galilei
Simple Will Drop First Naked Beauty Hidden Scant Seem Facts Cloak Improbable Which Explanation Them Forth Stand Even
It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment. Galileo Galilei
Me Science Experiment Consider Would Constrain Bound Answer Authority Scriptures Themselves Reason
I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent. Giacomo Casanova
Life Good Confession Will Evil Free My Life Whatever Has-Been Freely Course Am Been Begin Done Whether Agent
When you share your last crust of bread with a beggar, you mustn't behave as if you were throwing a bone to a dog. You must give humbly, and thank him for allowing you to have a part in his hunger. Giovanni Guareschi
You Dog Bone Hunger Must Give Throwing Share Allowing Part Crust Him Were His Beggar Thank Behave Bread Your Last Humbly
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