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Leonardo da Vinci Quotes about Truth

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Truth was always but the daughter of time.

Truth was always but the daughter of time.

Leonardo da Vinci
Daughter, Truth
Leonardo (da Vinci) (1959). “Philosophical diary”

Slender certainty is better than portentous falsehood.

Leonardo da Vinci
Truth, Slender, Certainty
Leonardo Da Vinci (2015). “Thoughts on Art and Life: "Behind the Genius"”, p.41, eKitap Projesi

The truth of things is the chief nutriment of superior intellects.

Leonardo da Vinci
Truth, Intelligent, Chiefs
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.443, GENERAL PRESS

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

Leonardo da Vinci
Truth, Intelligent, Light
Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.442, GENERAL PRESS

There is no doubt that truth is to falsehood as light is to darkness; and so excellent a thing is truth that even when it touches humble and lowly matters, it still incomparably exceeds the uncertainty and falsehood in which great and elevated discourses are clothed; because even if falsehood be the fifth element of our minds, notwithstanding this, truth is the supreme nourishment of the higher intellects.

Leonardo da Vinci
Truth, Humble, Light
Leonardo da Vinci (2017). “Thoughts on art and life”, p.18, Youcanprint

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