Leonardo da Vinci quotes
11 quotes by Leonardo da Vinci. Topics: Famous Quotes, Honor, Virtue, Wisdom.
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“In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.”
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“Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.”
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“He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.”
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“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”
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“Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”
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“All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.”
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“Who sows virtue reaps honor.”
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“It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.”
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“Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.”
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“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
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“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”