Discovery Quote by Leonardo da Vinci

“Let proportion be found not only in numbers and measures, but also in sounds, weights, times, and positions, and what ever force there is.”

Leonardo da Vinci

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The evil which does me no harm is like the good which in no wise avails me.

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Nothing can be love or hated unless it is first known.

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An arch consists of two weaknesses which, leaning one against the other, make a strength.

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But to me all sciences seem vain and full of error that are not born of experience, mother of all certainty, and do not…

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“Time stays long enough for those who use it.”

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Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same

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Your brain is much better than you think; just use it!

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Necessity is a guardian in Nature.

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People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life.

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