He Who Hasn't Tasted Bitter Things Hasn't

Music Is A Hidden Arithmetic Exercise Of The Soul, Which Does Not Know That It Is Counting.

Nothing Is Accomplished All At Once, And It Is One Of My Great Maxims, And One Of The Most Completely Verified, That Nature Makes No Leaps: A Maxim Which I Have Called The Law Of Continuity.

The Larger The Mass Of Collected Things, The Less Will Be Their Usefulness. Therefore, One Should Not Only Strive To Assemble New Goods From Everywhere, But One Must Endeavor To Put In The Right Order Those That One Already Possesses.

It Is A Good Thing To Proceed In Order And To Establish Propositions. This Is The Way To Gain Ground And To Progress With Certainty.

There Are Also Two Kinds Of Truths, Those Of Reasoning And Those Of Fact. Truths Of Reasoning Are Necessary And Their Opposite Is Impossible, And Those Of Fact Are Contingent And Their Opposite Is Possible. When A Truth Is Necessary Its Reason Can Be Found By Analysis, Resolving It Into More Simple Ideas And Truths Until We Reach Those Which Are Primitive.