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Leonardo da Vinci
1452–1519
1452–1519
1
In her [Nature's] inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.
The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.
In her [Nature's] inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.
Edward McCurdy (ed. and trans.)
Leonardo da Vinci's Notebooks
(1906) bk. 1
The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.
Irma A. Richter (ed.)
Selections from the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
(1952)
Lermontov, Mikhail
1814–41
1814–41
1
Of two close friends, one is always the slave of the other.
I am like a man yawning at a ball; the only reason he does not go home to bed is that his carriage has not arrived yet.
Of two close friends, one is always the slave of the other.
A Hero of our Time
(1840) "Princess Mary" (translated by Philip Longworth)
I am like a man yawning at a ball; the only reason he does not go home to bed is that his carriage has not arrived yet.
A Hero of our Time
(1840) "Princess Mary" (translated by Philip Longworth)
Lerner, Alan Jay
1918–86
1918–86
1
Don't let it be forgot
That once there was a spot
For one brief shining moment that was known
As Camelot.
now particularly associated with the White House of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Why can't a woman be more like a man?
Men are so honest, so thoroughly square.
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.
Don't let it be forgot
That once there was a spot
For one brief shining moment that was known
As Camelot.
now particularly associated with the White House of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
"Camelot" (1960 song)
Why can't a woman be more like a man?
Men are so honest, so thoroughly square.
"A Hymn to Him" (1956 song) in
My Fair Lady
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.
"The Rain in Spain" (1956 song) in
My Fair Lady
Lessing, Doris
1919–
1919–
1
When old settlers say "One has to understand the country," what they mean is, "You have to get used to our ideas about the native."
What of October, that ambiguous month, the month of tension, the unendurable month?
When old settlers say "One has to understand the country," what they mean is, "You have to get used to our ideas about the native."
The Grass is Singing
(1950) ch. 1
What of October, that ambiguous month, the month of tension, the unendurable month?
Martha Quest
(1952) pt. 4, sect. 1
Lessing, G. E.
1729–81
1729–81
1
One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.
One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.
Minna von Barnhelm
(1767) act 2, sc. 7
Leverhulme, Lord
1851–1925
1851–1925
1
Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, and the trouble is I don't know which half.
Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted, and the trouble is I don't know which half.
David Ogilvy
Confessions of an Advertising Man
(1963)
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