Leonardo da Vinci Quotes

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Leonardo da Vinci

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

Leonardo da Vinci

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.

Leonardo da Vinci

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

Leonardo da Vinci

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Leonardo da Vinci

Just as courage is the danger of life, so is fear its safeguard.

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Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

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While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

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As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

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Our life is made by the death of others.

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Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

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Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

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Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

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

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Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.

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The natural desire of good men is knowledge.

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All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.

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Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.

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Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.

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Learning never exhausts the mind.

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The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

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Life well spent is long.

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The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

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

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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.

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Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.

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Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

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Time abides long enough for those who make use of it.

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It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

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Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.

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Who sows virtue reaps honor.

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Water is the driving force of all nature.

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The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

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