Giambattista Vico

"The spirit of innovation drives the progress of nations."

"Understanding requires both the heart and the head."

"The human condition is characterized by the eternal struggle between desire and duty."

"True peace comes from the alignment of will with reason."

"The greatest legacy is the legacy of knowledge passed to future generations."

"God writes the history of nations with the pen of human choice."

"Strength of character is revealed in times of adversity."

"The wise person learns to see the hand of providence in all events."

"Culture is the fruit of a people's collective struggle for meaning."

"In the depths of darkness lies the seed of enlightenment."

"The pursuit of virtue is the only pursuit worthy of man."

"The nature of things is nothing other than their coming into being at certain times and in certain ways."

"Humanity has made the customs and the laws which form the basis of states."

"The true is the made - verum est factum."

"History is the science of what has come to be; prophecy is the science of what will be."

"Language is the bond of all human society."

"The barbarism of reflection follows upon the barbarism of sense."

"Common sense is judgment without reflection, shared by an entire class, an entire people, an entire nation, or the entire human race."

"We cannot know anything of which we are not the efficient cause."

"The corruption of the best things produces the worst."

"God is almighty, infinite, and absolutely perfect; man is weak, finite, and most imperfect."

"The office of the historian is to judge actions, and to teach lessons to posterity."

"Nations are born, grow, decline, and fall."

"It is another property of human nature that, just when men think they lead they are most surely led."

"Philosophy contemplates reason, whence comes wisdom; philology contemplates human choice, whence comes humanity."

"The science of sciences must be the science of God."

"Disorders and tumults are the elements of virtues and of the happiness of states."

"Men naturally desire to know, but knowledge without virtue is dangerous."

"The pursuit of truth requires courage."

"All human wisdom is contained in two words - wait and hope."