Character Quote by Leonardo da Vinci

“Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.”

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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It is ordained that to the ambitious, who derive no satisfaction from the gifts of life and the beauty of the world, life shall…

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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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Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking,…

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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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