“Although the poet has as wide a choice of subjects as the painter, his creations fail to afford as much satisfaction to mankind as do paintings... if the poet serves the understanding by way of the ear, the painter does so by the eye, which is the nobler sense.” IfsWayDoeEyeChoicesUnderstandingFailingSubjectsMankindCreationPaintingPoetEarsSatisfactionWidePainter Author:Leonardo da Vinci
“If I could get the ear of every young man but for one word, it would be this: make the most and best of yourself. There is no tragedy like a wasted life--a life failing of its true end, and turned to a false end.” IfsMenEndsWould BeYoungFailingEarsTragedyYoung ManIf I CouldOne WordDoing Your BestWasted Life Author:Thornton T. Munger
“Let the "socialist" snivellers croak, let the bourgeoisie rage and fume, but only people who shut their eyes so as not to see, and stuff their ears so as not to hear, can fail to notice that all over the world the birth pangs of the old, capitalist society, which is pregnant with socialism, have begun.” PeopleWorldEyeStuffFailingBirthEarsRageSocialismCapitalistPregnantSocialistBourgeoisie Author:Vladimir Lenin