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Bird Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci
- Feathers shall raise men even as they do birds towards heaven :- That is by letters written with their quills.
- A bird maintains itself in the air by imperceptible balancing, when near to the mountains or lofty ocean crags; it does this by means of…
- I roamed the countryside searching for the answers to things I did not understand. Why shells existed on the tops of mountains along with the…
- A bird is an instrument working according to mathematical law, which instrument it is within the capacity of man to reproduce with all its movements.
- The earth is moved from its position by the weight of a tiny bird resting upon it.
- I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand. Why shells existed on the tops of mountains. How the various circles…
- To speak of this subject you must... explain the nature of the resistance of the air, in the second the anatomy of the bird and…
- The fox when it sees a flock of herons or magpies or birds of that kind, suddenly flings himself on the ground with his mouth…
- The human bird shall take his first flight, filling the world with amazement, all writings with his fame, and bringing eternal glory to the nest…
- A bird is an instrument working according to mathematical law, which instrument it is within the capacity of man to reproduce with all its movements,…
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