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| A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. The former is easy, the latter hard as he has to represent it by the attitude and movement of the limbs. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| The color of the object illuminated partakes of the color of that which illuminates it. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| Poetry is superior to painting in the presentation of words, and painting is superior to poetry in the presentation of facts. For this reason I judge painting to be superior to poetry. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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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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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| Art is never finished, only abandoned. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| A well-spent day brings happy sleep. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake? |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| There shall be wings! If the accomplishment be not for me, 'tis for some other. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| Nature never breaks her own laws. |
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| Leonardo da Vinci |
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| The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art. |
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