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Famous Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
Source: Thoughts on Art and Life:
“The evil which does me no harm is like the good which in no wise avails me.”
Source: Thoughts on Art and Life:
“Not to punish evil is equivalent to authorizing it.”
Source: Thoughts on Art and Life:
“There is nothing which deceives us as much as our own judgement.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)
“Of the horse I will say nothing because I know the times.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“Oh! how foul a thing, that we should see the tongue of one animal in the guts of another.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Source: Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci: Complete & Illustrated
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“The bones of the Dead will be seen to govern the fortunes of him who moves them.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“Fire destroys all sophistry, that is deceit; and maintains truth alone, that is gold.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“Envy wounds with false accusations, that is with detraction, a thing which scares virtue.”
Source: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“Make an effort to collect the good features from many beautiful faces.”
“Experiment is the sole interpreter of the artifices of Nature.”
“I'm not contented to capture the world. I want to change it.”
“The most beautiful words of love are told in silence for a look.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Source: Notebooks
Source: Notebooks
“He who walks straight rarely falls.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)
“We, by our arts may be called the grandsons of God.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“It is easier to contend with evil at the first than at the last.”
Source: Da Vinci Notebooks
“Ask counsel of him who rules himself well.”
Source: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)
Source: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light.”
Source: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete
“A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deeper shadow.”
Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)
“A clever man without wisdom is like a beautiful flower without fragrance.”