Leonardo da Vinci Quotes - Page 10

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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!

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  Ignorance, Eye, Mislead Us

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• Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

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  Inspirational, Life, Artist

  Codice Atlantico 90

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

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  Ears

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

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• Who sows virtue ought to reap honour.

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  Virtue, Honour, Ought

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

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  World

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

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  Discipline, Dominion, Willpower

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

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  Art, Knowledge, Color

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

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  Perception, Earth, Reason

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

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

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  Confused, Mind, Subjects

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

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  Art, Practice, Firsts

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• He who can copy can do.

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  Copies, Can Do

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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.

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  Order, Solitude, Mind

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• No human investigation can claim to be scientific if it doesn't pass the test of mathematical proof.

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  Ontology, Tests, Logic

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

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  Honor, Littles, Foundation

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• I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.

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  God, Work, Technology

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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.

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  Judging, Facts, Painting

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

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• When you are alone you are all your own.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Self Confidence

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

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  Inspirational, Life, Perseverance

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

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

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  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.

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  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.

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  Inspirational, Iron, Acting

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

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• Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves.

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  Being Strong, Character, Depth

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• Every action done by nature is done in the shortest way.

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  Nature, Done, Way

  Leonardo Da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”

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• Who would believe that so small a space could contain the images of all the universe?

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  Nature, Travel, Believe

  Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.1150, Delphi Classics

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