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Small Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci
- 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…
- The lie is so vile, that even if it were in speaking well of godly things, it would take off something from God's grace; and…
- Small rooms or dwellings discipline the mind, large ones weaken it.
- It is no small benefit on finding oneself in bed in the dark to go over again in the imagination the main lines of the…
- Small rooms and dwellings set the mind on the right path, large ones cause it to go astray.
- Who would believe that so small a space could contain the images of all the universe?
- If you throw a stone in a pond... the waves which strike against the shores are thrown back towards the spot where the stone struck;…
- The mole has very small eyes and it always lives under ground; and it lives as long as it is in the dark but when…
- An artist's studio should be a small space because small rooms discipline the mind and large ones distract it.
- 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,…
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