
or subtle things
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
or subtle things
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
“Fire destroys falsehood, that is sophistry, and restores truth, driving out darkness.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
“Fire destroys all sophistry, that is deceit; and maintains truth alone, that is gold.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
“Truth here makes Falsehood torment lying tongues.”
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations
“Truth is strong enough to overcome all human sophistries.”
Aeschines, In Timarchum, 84 (107).
March 31, 1778, p. 372
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol III
Source: A Letter to a Hindu (1908), III
Context: The recognition that love represents the highest morality was nowhere denied or contradicted, but this truth was so interwoven everywhere with all kinds of falsehoods which distorted it, that finally nothing of it remained but words. It was taught that this highest morality was only applicable to private life — for home use, as it were — but that in public life all forms of violence — such as imprisonment, executions, and wars — might be used for the protection of the majority against a minority of evildoers, though such means were diametrically opposed to any vestige of love.
"Lying in Politics"
Crises of the Republic (1969)
“Cling to truth and it turns into falsehood. Understand falsehood and it turns into truth.”
As translated in 1,001 Pearls of Wisdom (2006) by David Ross, p. 36
Context: Cling to truth and it turns into falsehood. Understand falsehood and it turns into truth. Truth and falsehood are two sides of the same coin. Neither accept one nor reject the other.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), X Studies and Sketches for Pictures and Decorations