Authority Quote by Leonardo da Vinci

Anyone who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.

— Miguel de Unamuno

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Whoever in debate quotes authority uses not intellect, but memory.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Anyone who invokes authors in discussion is not using his intelligence but his memory.

— Leonardo da Vinci

He that fancies himself very enlightened, because he sees the deficiencies of others, may be very ignorant, because he has not studied his own.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

The man with a clear conscience probably has a poor memory.

— Oscar Wilde

He who explains things to an intelligent person need not tire himself out talking.

— Vikrant Parsai

He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.

— William Penn

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation.

— Samuel Johnson

How can he remember well his ignorance - which his growth requires - who has so often to use his knowledge?

— Henry David Thoreau

Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.

— Alain-Rene Lesage