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Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves.

Depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves.

Leonardo da Vinci
Being Strong, Character, Depth

I woke up only to find the rest of the world asleep.

Leonardo da Vinci
World

Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work least, for they are thinking out inventions.

Leonardo da Vinci
Life, Men, Thinking

The memory of benefits is a frail defence against ingratitude.

Leonardo da Vinci
Memories, Intelligent, Benefits
Leonardo Da Vinci “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, Lulu.com

A man was desired to rise from bed because the sun was already up. He replied: "If I had as far to go and as much to do as he has, I should be up by now; but having but a little way to go, I shall not get up yet."

Leonardo da Vinci
Men, Bed, Littles

Fire destroys all sophistry, that is deceit; and maintains truth alone, that is gold.

Leonardo da Vinci
Fire, Gold, Deceit
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.250, GENERAL PRESS

Medicine is the restoration of discordant elements; sickness is the discord of the elements infused into the living body.

Leonardo da Vinci
Intelligent, Medicine, Restoration
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.339, GENERAL PRESS

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

Leonardo da Vinci
Passion, Intelligent, Intellectual
Bradley I. Collins, Leonardo (da Vinci) (1997). “Leonardo, Psychoanalysis & Art History: A Critical Study of Psychobiographical Approaches to Leonardo Da Vinci”

A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.

Leonardo da Vinci
Inspirational, Life, Beautiful
Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.1203, Delphi Classics

Men wrongly lament the flight of time, blaming it for being too swift; they do not perceive that its passage is sufficiently long, but a good memory, which nature has given to us, causes things long past to seem present.

Leonardo da Vinci
Time, Memories, Past
Leonardo Da Vinci (2015). “Thoughts on Art and Life: "Behind the Genius"”, p.84, eKitap Projesi

The acquisition of knowledge is always of use to the intellect, because it may thus drive out useless things and retain the good. For nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first known.

Leonardo da Vinci
Life, Useless Things, Acquisition
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.443, GENERAL PRESS

Every action done by nature is done in the shortest way.

Leonardo da Vinci
Nature, Done, Way
Leonardo Da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”

Experiment is the sole interpreter of the artifices of Nature.

Leonardo da Vinci
Sole, Experiments, Artifice

The part always has a tendency to reunite with its whole in order to escape from its imperfection.

Leonardo da Vinci
Order, Imperfection, Tendencies
Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.807, Delphi Classics

Nothing is more apt to deceive us than our own judgment of our work. We derive more benefit from having our faults pointed out by our enemies than from hearing the opinions of friends.

Leonardo da Vinci
Funny, Humor, Enemy
da Vinci Leonardo, Leonardo (da Vinci) (1990). “Leonardo da Vinci's advice to artists”, Running Press Book Publishers

Do not reveal, if liberty is precious to you; my face is the prison of love.

Leonardo da Vinci
Liberty, Faces, Prison
Leonardo da Vinci (2015). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.1240, Leonardo da Vinci

Nothing will be left, Nothing in the air, nothing under the earth, nothing in the waters. All will be exterminated.

Leonardo da Vinci
Nature, Air, Evil

What is fair in men, passes away, but not so in art

Leonardo da Vinci
Art, Men, Passing Away
Leonardo Da Vinci (2011). “Da Vinci Notebooks”, p.93, Profile Books

Nothing is so much to be feared as Evil Report.

Leonardo da Vinci
Intelligent, Evil, Reports
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.251, GENERAL PRESS

When the thing taken into union is perfectly adapted to that which receives it, the result is delight and pleasure and satisfaction.

Leonardo da Vinci
Taken, Delight, Unions
Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.814, Delphi Classics

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
Intelligent, Desire, Body
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.440, GENERAL PRESS

Patience serves us against insults precisely as clothes do against the cold. For if you multiply your garments as the cold increases, that cold cannot hurt you; in the same way increase your patience under great offenses, and they cannot hurt your feelings.

Leonardo da Vinci
Hurt, Clothes, Feelings
Leonardo (da Vinci) (1971). “The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci”

When you draw a nude, sketch the whole figure and nicely fit the members to it and to each other. Even though you may only finish one portion of the drawing, just make certain that all the parts hang together, so that the study will be useful to you in the future.

Leonardo da Vinci
Beauty, Drawing, Together
da Vinci Leonardo, Leonardo (da Vinci) (1990). “Leonardo da Vinci's advice to artists”, Running Press Book Publishers

Men born in hot countries love the night because it refreshes them and have a horror of light because it burns them.

Leonardo da Vinci
Country, Night, Men
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.428, GENERAL PRESS

Every action needs to be prompted by a motive. To know and to will are two operations of the human mind. Discerning, judging, deliberating are acts of the human mind.

Leonardo da Vinci
Two, Judging, Mind
Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.807, Delphi Classics

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