People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.
LEONARDO DA VINCIMy body will not be a tomb for other creatures.
More Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
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Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.
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We know well that mistakes are more easily detected in the works of others than in one’s own.
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Wisdom is the daughter of experience.
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The length of a man’s outspread arms is equal to his height.
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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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Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.
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Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.
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The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.
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The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain.
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Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.
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He who thinks little errs much.
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A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man’s mind.
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The knowledge of all things is possible.
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The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.
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One has no right to love or hate anything if one has not acquired a thorough knowledge of its nature. Great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you know it but little you will be able to love it only a little or not at all.
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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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Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.
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Fear arises sooner than anything else.
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Fix your course on a star and you’ll navigate any storm.
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Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.
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Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.
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Motion is created by the destruction of balance.
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He who walks straight rarely falls.
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Water is the driving force in nature.
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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.
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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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