A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.
LEONARDO DA VINCIGod sells us all things at the price of labor.
More Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
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I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have.
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The most beautiful words of love are told in silence for a look.
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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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The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
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Wisdom is the daughter of experience.
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He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
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Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
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A diamond is just a lump of coal that stuck to its job.
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Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
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I love those who can smile in trouble.
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Nature never breaks her own laws.
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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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If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself.
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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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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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