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When taking a selfie, remember the most natural pose is still best

When taking a selfie, remember the most natural pose is still best

Leonardo da Vinci
Remember, Natural, Stills

Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitudes.

Leonardo da Vinci
Stupid, Miracle, Deceiving
Leonardo da Vinci (2008). “Notebooks”, p.267, OUP Oxford

We are deceived by promises and time disappoints us.

Leonardo da Vinci
Time, Promise, Disappoint
Leonardo Da Vinci “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, Lulu.com

When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come.

Leonardo da Vinci
Memorable, Hands, Water

The smallest feline is a masterpiece.

Leonardo da Vinci
Cat, Pet, Masterpiece

The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.

Leonardo da Vinci
Eye, Artist, Evil
Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.987, Delphi Classics

We must doubt the certainty of everything which passes through the senses, but how much more ought we to doubt things contrary to the senses, such as the existence of God and the soul.

Leonardo da Vinci
Soul, Doubt, Existence

Therefore, O students, study mathematics and do not build without foundations.

Leonardo da Vinci
Science, Engineering, Foundation
Leonardo Da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”

First study the science, and then practice the art which is born of that science.

Leonardo da Vinci
Art, Practice, Firsts

Those who are enamoured of practice without science are like a pilot who goes into a ship without rudder or compass and never has any certainty of where he is going. Practice should always be based upon a sound knowledge of theory.

Leonardo da Vinci
Practice, Sound, Pilots
Dell' Anatomia Vol. II, Ch. 29

There are many kinds of beauty as people who possess it.

Leonardo da Vinci
People, Kind

Darkness is absence of light. Shadow is diminution of light.

Leonardo da Vinci
Light, Darkness, Shadow
Leonardo da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Complete”, p.159, Library of Alexandria

To lie is vile, to tell truth is excellent, if not noble.

Leonardo da Vinci
Lying, Noble, Truth Is

Good writing comes from good talent.

Leonardo da Vinci
Writing, Talent, Good Writing
Leonardo (da Vinci) (1959). “Philosophical diary”

The faculty of imagination is both the rudder and the bridle of the senses.

Leonardo da Vinci
Imagination, Rudders, Faculty
Leonardo Da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”

It is a far worthier thing to read by the light of experience than to adorn oneself with the labors of others.

Leonardo da Vinci
Light, Experience, Labor

Strive to preserve your health; and in this you will better succeed in proportion as you keep clear of the physicians, for their drugs are a kind of alchemy concerning which there are no fewer books than there are medicines.

Leonardo da Vinci
Book, Medicine, Drug
Leonardo Da Vinci (1938). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”

The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.

Leonardo da Vinci
Inspirational, Art, Creativity

The Book of the science of Mechanics must precede the Book of useful inventions.

Leonardo da Vinci
Book, Mechanic, Invention
Leonardo Da Vinci “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, Lulu.com

Not to anticipate is already to moan.

Leonardo da Vinci
Anticipation, Anticipate

The sun gives spirit and life to the plants and the earth nourishes them with moisture.

Leonardo da Vinci
Nature, Travel, Giving
Leonardo (da Vinci), Irma A. Richter, Thereza Wells (2008). “Notebooks”, p.344, Oxford University Press

Who sows virtue ought to reap honour.

Leonardo da Vinci
Virtue, Honour, Ought

He who in reasoning cites authority is making use of his memory rather than of his intellect.

Leonardo da Vinci
Memories, Use, Citing
Leonardo Da Vinci (2015). “Thoughts on Art and Life: "Behind the Genius"”, p.26, eKitap Projesi

The discovery of a good wine is increasingly better for mankind than the discovery of a new star.

Leonardo da Vinci
Stars, Wine, Discovery

The cat is nature's masterpiece.

Leonardo da Vinci
Cat, Masterpiece

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