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• The fame of the rich man dies with him; the fame of the treasure, and not of the man who possessed it, remains.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Men, Treasure, Riches

  Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.965, Delphi Classics

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• Constancy does not begin, but is that which perseveres.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Intelligent, Doe, Persevere

  Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.251, GENERAL PRESS

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• Music cannot be called otherwise than the sister of painting, for she is dependent upon hearing, a sense second to sight, and her harmony is composed of the union of its proportional parts sounded simultaneously, rising and falling in one or more harmonic rhythms.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Nature, Travel, Fall

  "The literary works of Leonardo da Vinci".

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• Drawing is based upon perspective, which is nothing else than a thorough knowledge of the function of the eye.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Eye, Thorough Knowledge, Drawing

  Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.42, GENERAL PRESS

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• Medicine is the restoration of discordant elements; sickness is the discord of the elements infused into the living body.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Intelligent, Medicine, Restoration

  Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.339, GENERAL PRESS

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• I have wasted my hours.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Hours

  Leonardo da Vinci (2013). “Leonardo on the Human Body”, p.466, Courier Corporation

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• Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Life, Weed, Soil

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• A man of supreme folly: his life flies away while he is merely hoping to enjoy it.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Men, Fly Away, Enjoy

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• O time! swift devourer of all created things!

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Time

  Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.1061, Delphi Classics

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• In whatever system where the weight attached to the wheel should be the cause of motion of the wheel, without any doubt the center of the gravity of the weight will stop beneath the center of its axle. No instrument devised by human ingenuity, which turns with its wheel, can remedy this effect. Oh, speculators about perpetual motion, how many vain chimeras have you created in the like quest. Go and take you place with the seekers after gold.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Doubt, Gold, Causes

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• The lover is drawn by the thing loved, as the sense is by that which it perceives.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Lovers, Perceive

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

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• We, by our arts may be called the grandsons of God.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Art, May, Grandson

  Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.227, GENERAL PRESS

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• The painter strives and competes with nature.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Strive, Strife, Painter

  Leonardo Da Vinci (2015). “Thoughts on Art and Life: "Behind the Genius"”, p.20, eKitap Projesi

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• When you draw a nude, sketch the whole figure and nicely fit the members to it and to each other. Even though you may only finish one portion of the drawing, just make certain that all the parts hang together, so that the study will be useful to you in the future.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Beauty, Drawing, Together

  da Vinci Leonardo, Leonardo (da Vinci) (1990). “Leonardo da Vinci's advice to artists”, Running Press Book Publishers

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• Shadow is the diminution alike of light and of darkness, and stands between darkness and light.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Intelligent, Light, Darkness

  Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.384, Delphi Classics

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• Men born in hot countries love the night because it refreshes them and have a horror of light because it burns them.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Country, Night, Men

  Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.428, GENERAL PRESS

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• A natural action is accomplished in the briefest manner.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Action, Natural, Accomplished

  Leonardo Da Vinci (2015). “Thoughts on Art and Life: "Behind the Genius"”, p.54, eKitap Projesi

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• For youth, everything is sport.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Sports, Youth

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• The memory of benefits is a frail defence against ingratitude.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Memories, Intelligent, Benefits

  Leonardo Da Vinci “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, Lulu.com

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• What is fair in men, passes away, but not so in art

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Art, Men, Passing Away

  Leonardo Da Vinci (2011). “Da Vinci Notebooks”, p.93, Profile Books

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• Nothing is so much to be feared as Evil Report.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Intelligent, Evil, Reports

  Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.251, GENERAL PRESS

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• A man was desired to rise from bed because the sun was already up. He replied: "If I had as far to go and as much to do as he has, I should be up by now; but having but a little way to go, I shall not get up yet."

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Men, Bed, Littles

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• When the thing taken into union is perfectly adapted to that which receives it, the result is delight and pleasure and satisfaction.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Taken, Delight, Unions

  Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.814, Delphi Classics

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• Black is like a broken vessel, which is deprived of the capacity to contain anything.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Broken, Black, Capacity

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• Fire destroys all sophistry, that is deceit; and maintains truth alone, that is gold.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Fire, Gold, Deceit

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

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