Leonardo da Vinci on animal
“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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Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci He who thinks little errs much.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Tears come from the heart and not from the brain.
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Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Learning is the only thing the mind never exhausts, never fears, and never regrets.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci 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.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Nature never breaks her own laws.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci All sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci The knowledge of all things is possible.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.
Leonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci 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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