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Leonardo da Vinci Quotes

«If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself. If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself, or even less, in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct; and if you have more than one companion you will fall more deeply into the same plight.»
«Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds.»
«He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.»
«Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.»
«He turns not back who is bound to a star»
«I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.»
«The part always has a tendency to reunite with its whole in order to escape from its imperfection.»
«Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.»
«Thirst will parch your tongue and your body will waste through lack of sleep ere you can describe in words that which painting instantly sets before the eye»
«Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen.»

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