Man has much power of discourse which for the most part is vain and false; animals have but little, but it is useful and true, and a small truth is better than a great lie.
LEONARDO DA VINCIWhile I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.
More Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
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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.
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Wisdom is the daughter of experience.
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Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
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Truly man is the king of beasts, for his brutality exceeds them. We live by the death of others. We are burial places.
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Beauty perishes in life, but is immortal in art.
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People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.
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Ask advice of him who governs himself well.
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Our life is made by the death of others.
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The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men.
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The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less.
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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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The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
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I thought I was learning to live; I was only learning to die.
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I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.
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My body will not be a tomb for other creatures.
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