Abraham Lincoln vs. Leonardo da Vinci
Read 20 entries attributed to Abraham Lincoln alongside 20 attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. Compare the wording and topic labels.
This page places 20 entries attributed to Abraham Lincoln alongside 20 attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. Each selection is ordered by stored importance score. These are selections from QuoteLineage, not complete accounts of either author's work.
Topic labels present in both displayed selections: epistemology, life, art. Shared labels do not by themselves demonstrate agreement, disagreement, or influence between the authors.
Attributed to Abraham Lincoln, entry #171: "I hope I am over wary; but if I am not, there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the country; the growing disp…"
Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, entry #119: "Up Lake Como towards Germany is the Chavenna Valley where the River Mera") enters the lake. Here are barren and very high mountains with large rocks ... In these mountains the wat…"
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Abraham Lincoln
1744 – 1786
Abraham Lincoln (1809) was the 16th President of the United States, who led the nation through the Civil War and abolished slavery.
"I hope I am over wary; but if I am not, there is, even now, something of ill-omen, amongst us. I mean the increasing disregard for law which pervades the cou…"
#Epistemology"They believe that the Congress of the United States has no power under the Constitution to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different States."
#Politics"A stanza of Lincoln's "On Seduction" (1837-39) as conveyed by James H. Matheny (1865 or 1866)"
#Politics"Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session, the undersigned hereby protest a…"
#Politics"Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed…"
#Metaphysics"They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy, but that the promulgation of Abolition doctrines tends rather to in…"
#Politics"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
#Politics"I have now come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason; I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough t…"
#Epistemology"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
#Politics"These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called up…"
#Politics"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insuf…"
#time"So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!"
#books"When you have got an elephant by the hind leg, and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run."
"All portions of this confederacy should act in harmony and with careful deliberation. The Democrats cry John Brown invasion. We are guiltless of it, but our …"
#freedom"When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, or that grievances may not arise for…"
#life"In telling this tale I attempt no compliment to my own sagacity. I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. N…"
#justice"Poetry written by Abraham Lincoln"
#books"If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said I am, in height, six feet four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing on an average o…"
#mind"The severest justice may not always be the best policy."
#justice"The evidence reaching us from the country leaves no doubt that the material for the work is abundant, and that it needs only the hand of legislation to give …"
#artLeonardo da Vinci
1452 – 1519
Leonardo da Vinci (1452) was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance — painter, scientist, engineer, mathematician, and writer.
"Up Lake Como towards Germany is the Chavenna Valley where the River Mera") enters the lake. Here are barren and very high mountains with large rocks ... In t…"
#Ethics"Su per lago di Como di ver Lamagnia (Alemagna, cioè Germania) è valle di Ciavenna dove la Mera fiume mette in esso lago. Qui si truova montagni sterili e alt…"
#Science"Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it and the oyster cannot close again so …"
#Science"Painting is poetry which is seen and not heard, and poetry is a painting which is heard but not seen. These two arts, you may call them both either poetry or…"
#Aesthetics"3 miglia più in là si trova li edifici della vena del rame e dello argento, presso una terra detta Pra Santo Petro e vene di ferro e cose fantastiche. ( Anci…"
#Science"The painter strives and competes with nature...There is nothing in all nature without its reason. If you know the reason, you do not need the experience..."
#Epistemology"3 miles further on are the buildings of the vein of copper and silver, near a land called Prato San Pietro and veins of iron and fantastic things. (paper F.573)"
#Science"Fa vini potenti e assai, … e ‘l vino vale el più uno soldo il boccale e la libbra della vitella un soldo e ‘l sale 10 dinari, e ‘l simile il burro, ed è la l…"
#Science"As a day well spent makes sleep seem pleasant, so a life well employed makes death pleasant. A life well spent is long."
#Human Nature"truovasi di miglio i(n) miglio bone osteriee. ( Ancient Italian)"
#Science"Look at the grace and sweetness of men and women in the street..."
#Science"Thou, O God, sellest us all benefits, at the cost of our toil...."
#Religion"He makes powerful and very strong wines, … and the wine is worth more than a penny per jug and the pound of veal a penny and the salt 10 denarii, and so is t…"
#Science"All the elements will be seen mixed together in a great whirling mass, now borne towards the centre of the world, now towards the sky; and now furiously rush…"
#life"Seeing that I can find no subject specially useful or pleasing — since the men who have come before me have taken for their own every useful or necessary the…"
#philosophy"Threats alone are the weapons of the threatened man."
#war"To enjoy—to love a thing for its own sake and for no other reason."
#love"The part always has a tendency to reunite with its whole in order to escape from its imperfection."
#art"Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it."
#life"Oh! human stupidity, do you not perceive that, though you have been with yourself all your life, you are not yet aware of the thing you possess most of, that…"
#knowledge