Leonardo da Vinci Quotes - Page 4

Italian - Artist April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519

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Weight, force and casual impulse, together with resistance, are the four external powers in which all the visible actions of mortals have their being and their end. Leonardo da Vinci

Together, End, Resistance, Force, Four

It is better to imitate ancient than modern work. Leonardo da Vinci

Work, Better, Modern, Ancient, Imitate

Life well spent is long. Leonardo da Vinci

Life, Long, Well, Spent

The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects. Leonardo da Vinci

Truth, Things, Superior, Chief

It seems that it had been destined before that I should occupy myself so thoroughly with the vulture, for it comes to my mind as a very early memory, when I was still in the cradle, a vulture came down to me, he opened my mouth with his tail and struck me a few times with his tail against my lips. Leonardo da Vinci

Myself, Mind, Memory, Me, Lips, Down

The spirit desires to remain with its body, because, without the organic instruments of that body, it can neither act, nor feel anything. Leonardo da Vinci

Body, Feel, Spirit, Act, Anything

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things. Leonardo da Vinci

Invisible, Poet, Representation, Things

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it. Leonardo da Vinci

Life, Fear, Courage, Just, Protects

Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature. Necessity is the theme and inventress of nature, her curb and her eternal law. Leonardo da Vinci

Nature, Law, Theme, Mistress, Necessity

Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power. Leonardo da Vinci

Power, Experience, Only, Her, Your, Does

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness. Leonardo da Vinci

Light, Truth, Darkness, Doubt, Beyond

I have wasted my hours. Leonardo da Vinci

Experience never errs; it is only your judgments that err by promising themselves effects such as are not caused by your experiments. Leonardo da Vinci

Experience, Never, Only, Your, Judgments

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