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“One has no right to love or hate anything if one has not acquired a thorough knowledge of its nature. Great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you know it but little you will be able to love it only a little or not at all.”
― Leonardo DaVinci

“Intellectual passion drives out sensuality. ”
― Leonardo DaVinci

“Our life is made by the death of others.”
― Leonardo da Vinci

“Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitudes.”
― Leonardo DaVinci

“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men.

[Quoting Reverend Phillips Brooks, during Remarks at Presidential Prayer Breakfast, February 7 1963]”
― John F. Kennedy

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
― Aristotle

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”
― Aristotle

“Hope is a waking dream.”
― Aristotle

“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.”
― Aristotle

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
― Aristotle

“A friend to all is a friend to none.”
― Aristotle

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
― Aristotle

“To perceive is to suffer.”
― Aristotle

“He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.”
― Aristotle

“Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.”
― Aristotle

“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.”
― Aristotle

“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”
― Aristotle

“It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.”
― Aristotle

“The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.”
― Aristotle

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
― Aristotle

“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”
― Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics

“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.”
― Aristotle, Selected Works

“Similarly, diaper lovers (DLs for short) are often associated with the adult babies (ABs). While there is some commonality, they are not identical. The majority of diaper lovers do not engage in any kind of babyish activities and only solely are interested in diapers. However, about four in ten diaper lovers also consider themselves adult babies, so they are sometimes collectively referred to as AB/DLs.These desires are not related to pedophilia or infantophilia in any way. Inside the AB/DL communities, a sharp distinction is observed. Most of, if not all, of these communities will actively expel child molesters.”
― Conor Lastowka, [Citation Needed]: The Best Of Wikipedia's Worst Writing