Leonardo da Vinci Quotes about Gold

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

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

In whatever system where the weight attached to the wheel should be the cause of motion of the wheel, without any doubt the center of the gravity of the weight will stop beneath the center of its axle. No instrument devised by human ingenuity, which turns with its wheel, can remedy this effect. Oh, speculators about perpetual motion, how many vain chimeras have you created in the like quest. Go and take you place with the seekers after gold.

Leonardo da Vinci

Doubt, Gold, Causes