“There is nothing that deceives us more than our own judgment when used to give an opinion on our own works. It is sound in judging the work of our enemies but not that of our friends, for hate and love are two of the most powerfully motivating factors found among living things.” GivingTwoUsedHateFoundSoundOpinionEnemyJudgingJudgmentAnd LoveFactorsMost PowerfulWorking ItDeceivingLiving ThingsLove And Hate Author:Leonardo da Vinci
“That queen, of error, whom we call fancy and opinion, is the more deceitful because she does not always deceive. She would be the infallible rule of truth if she were the infallible rule of falsehood; but being only most frequently in error, she gives no evidence of her real quality, for she marks with the same character both that which is true and that which is false.” IfsGivingDoeRealCharacterWould BeQualityOpinionEvidenceMarkErrorsQueensFancyFalsehoodDeceivingInfallibleDeceitful Book:Thoughts of Blaise Pascal Source: Thoughts of Blaise Pascal
“bubbles of false opinion will last whole ages, and deceive whole generations, till they are broken by some powerful breath, and even then how often they reunite, and again shine in the eyes of men, who hold them solid as cannon-balls!” MenWholeEyeAgeLastsPowerfulOpinionGenerationsBrokenBallsBreathsShiningBubblesDeceivingCannons Book:Memoir and Letters Source: Memoir and Letters