“To apply oneself to great inventions, starting from the smallest beginnings, is no task for ordinary minds; to divine that wonderful arts lie hid behind trivial and childish things is a conception for superhuman talents.” – Galileo, DIALOGUE CONCERNING THE TWO CHIEF WORLD SYSTEMS
Don Quixote
“True nobility consists in virtue.” – Dorotea in Cervantes, DON QUIXOTE
Laura Cereta
“For knowledge is not given as gift, but through study. The free mind, not afraid of labor, presses on to attain the good.” – Laura Cereta, EPISTOLAE
Bacon
“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.” – Bacon, APOPHTHEGMS
Aristotle
“But professional musicians we speak of as vulgar people, and indeed we think it not manly to perform music, except when drunk or for fun.” – Aristotle, POLITICS