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• Most men are of naught more use in their lives but as machines for turning food into sh*t.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Men, Machines, Use

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• If on your own or by the criticism of others you discover error in your work, correct it then and there; otherwise in exposing your work to the public, you will expose your error also.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Errors, Criticism, Ifs

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

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• A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Life, Art

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• The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Art, Work, Engineering

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• Ask advice of him who governs himself well.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Life, Advice

  Leonardo da Vinci (2008). “Notebooks”, p.264, OUP Oxford

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• The sun gives spirit and life to the plants and the earth nourishes them with moisture.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Nature, Travel, Giving

  Leonardo (da Vinci), Irma A. Richter, Thereza Wells (2008). “Notebooks”, p.344, Oxford University Press

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• When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Memorable, Hands, Water

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• Not to appreciate life, all of life, is not to deserve it.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Appreciate, Appreciate Life, Life Is

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• The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Art, Creativity

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• Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Beauty, Beautiful, Nature

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

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• Whoever does not respect life, does not deserve it.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Doe, Respect Life, Deserve

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• All our knowledge originates in opinion.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Opinion

  Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.1152, Delphi Classics

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• The natural desire of good men is knowledge.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Men, Good Man, Desire

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

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• When taking a selfie, remember the most natural pose is still best

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Remember, Natural, Stills

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• The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Cat, Pet, Masterpiece

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• Small rooms or dwellings discipline the mind, large ones weaken it.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Small Rooms, Dwelling, Discipline

  Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.182, GENERAL PRESS

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• Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Work, Artist, Men

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• The length of a man's outspread arms is equal to his height.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Men, Arms, Height

  Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.133, GENERAL PRESS

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• In time and with water, everything changes.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Water, Things Change

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• Among the great things which are found among us the existence of Nothing is the greatest.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Spiritual, Mindfulness, Found

  "The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci".

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• You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Fear, Understanding

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

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• The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Eye, Artist, Evil

  Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.987, Delphi Classics

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  As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Fall, Artist, Simplicity

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• Truth was always but the daughter of time.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Daughter, Truth

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

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• Ask counsel of him who rules himself well.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Wells, Asks

  Leonardo da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete”, p.1190, Library of Alexandria

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