Time stays long enough for those who use it.
LEONARDO DA VINCIMan 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.
More Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
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I love those who can smile in trouble.
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Great love is born of great knowledge of the thing that is loved, and if you do not know it, you can love it little or not at all.
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Learning is the only thing that never disappoints us.
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I thought I was learning to live; I was only learning to die.
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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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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
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One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.
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Nothing is hidden under the sun.
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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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O Lord, thou givest us everything, at the price of an effort.
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The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain.
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Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
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A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck to its job.
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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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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
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Nature never breaks her own laws.
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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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A good painter is to paint two main things, men and the working of man’s mind.
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Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.
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As you cannot do what you want, Want what you can do.
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Being willing is not enough. We must do.
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He who thinks little errs much.
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I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
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Art lives from constraints and dies from freedom.
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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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Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses- especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.
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