In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
LEONARDO DA VINCIIn rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
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.
LEONARDO DA VINCIAll sciences are vain and full of errors that are not born of Experience, the mother of all Knowledge.
LEONARDO DA VINCIHe who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
LEONARDO DA VINCII 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
LEONARDO DA VINCIVirtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.
LEONARDO DA VINCIAs a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
LEONARDO DA VINCIHe who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.
LEONARDO DA VINCILearning never exhausts the mind.
LEONARDO DA VINCIThe function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue.
LEONARDO DA VINCIOur life is made by the death of others.
LEONARDO DA VINCINothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.
LEONARDO DA VINCIThe most beautiful words of love are told in silence for a look.
LEONARDO DA VINCISimplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
LEONARDO DA VINCIBeing willing is not enough. We must do.
LEONARDO DA VINCIIntellectual passion drives out sensuality.
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