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Most Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci
- After painting comes Sculpture, a very noble art, but one that does not in the execution require the same supreme ingenuity as the art of…
- O neglectful Nature, wherefore art thou thus partial, becoming to some of thy children a tender and benignant mother, to others a most cruel and…
- Perspective is a most subtle discovery in mathematical studies, for by means of lines it causes to appear distant that which is near, and large…
- Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work least, for they are thinking out inventions.
- Of the original phenomena, light is the most enthralling.
- When taking a selfie, remember the most natural pose is still best
- Here is a thing which the more it is needed the more it is rejected: and this is advice, which is unwillingly heeded by those…
- Of several bodies all equally larger and distant, that most brightly illuminated will appear to the eye nearest and largest.
- Where there is most feeling, there is the greatest martyrdom.
- Instrumental or mechanical science is the noblest and above all others, the most useful.
- In an atmosphere of uniform density the most distant things seen through it, such as the mountains, in consequence of the great quantity of atmosphere…
- There is nothing that deceives us more than our own judgment when used to give an opinion on our own works. It is sound in…
- Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.
- He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.
- 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,…
- Love shows itself more in adversitythan in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place isdarkest.
- The eye, the window of the soul, is the chief means whereby the understanding can most fully and abundantly appreciate the infinite works of Nature;…
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- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
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