Leonardo da Vinci Quotes - Page 10

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• Man has much power of discourse which for the most part is vain and false; animals have but little, but it is useful and true, and a small truth is better than a great lie.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Lying, Animal, Men

  Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.444, GENERAL PRESS

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• A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

  Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.1203, Delphi Classics

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• He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Discipline, Dominion, Willpower

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• Men standing in opposite hemispheres will converse and deride each other and embrace each other, and understand each other's language.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Men, Opposites, Hemisphere

  Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.862, Delphi Classics

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• Wood feeds the fire which burns it.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Fire, Woods, Aries

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• Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Ignorance, Eye, Mislead Us

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• Who sows virtue ought to reap honour.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Virtue, Honour, Ought

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• The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Art, Knowledge, Color

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• He who can copy can do.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Copies, Can Do

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• Test knowledge through experience, be prepared to make mistakes, and be persistent about it.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Mistake, Tests, Be Prepared

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• Happy will they be who lend ear to the words of the dead.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Ears

  Leonardo da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete”, p.1302, Library of Alexandria

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• First study the science, and then practice the art which is born of that science.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Art, Practice, Firsts

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• The mind that engages in subjects of too great variety becomes confused and weakened.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Confused, Mind, Subjects

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• I woke up only to find the rest of the world asleep.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  World

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• He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Life, Perseverance

  Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.250, GENERAL PRESS

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• When you are alone you are all your own.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Self Confidence

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• The painter or draftsman ought to be solitary, in order that the well-being of the body not sap the vigour of the mind.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Order, Solitude, Mind

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• If you do not rest on the good foundation of nature, you will labour with little honor and less profit.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Honor, Littles, Foundation

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• Poetry is superior to painting in the presentation of words, and painting is superior to poetry in the presentation of facts. For this reason I judge painting to be superior to poetry.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Judging, Facts, Painting

  Leonardo (da Vinci) (1939). “The literary works of Leonardo da Vinci”

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• If the thing loved is base, the lover becomes base.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Love, Lovers, Ifs

  Leonardo da Vinci (2013). “Life, art and science, the thoughts of Leonardo”, p.258, Lulu.com

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• Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Truth, Intelligent, Light

  Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.442, GENERAL PRESS

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• Just as iron rusts from disuse... even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Iron, Acting

  "The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci" translated by Jean Paul Richter, 1888.

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• Those who are enamoured of practice without science are like a pilot who goes into a ship without rudder or compass and never has any certainty of where he is going. Practice should always be based upon a sound knowledge of theory.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Practice, Sound, Pilots

  Dell' Anatomia Vol. II, Ch. 29

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• The senses are of the earth, the reason stands apart from them in contemplation.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Perception, Earth, Reason

  Leonardo (da Vinci), Edward McCurdy (1939). “The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci”

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• Good writing comes from good talent.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Writing, Talent, Good Writing

  Leonardo (da Vinci) (1959). “Philosophical diary”

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