The lie is so vile, that even if it were in speaking well of godly things, it would take off something from… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Fire is to represent truth because it destroys all sophistry and lies; and the mask is for lying and falsehood which conceal… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Man has much power of discourse which for the most part is vain and false; animals have but little, but it is… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that truth is to falsehood as light is to darkness; and so excellent a thing is truth that… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The evil which does me no harm is like the good which in no wise avails me. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
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 Vinci Copy Share Image
An arch consists of two weaknesses which, leaning one against the other, make a strength. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
But to me all sciences seem vain and full of error that are not born of experience, mother of all certainty, and do not… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
It is ordained that to the ambitious, who derive no satisfaction from the gifts of life and the beauty of the world, life shall… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking,… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
