* 15. April 1452 – † 2. May 1519, Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, italian painter, sculptor, architect and inventor.

Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci:

“Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation… even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.”

Author: Leonardo da Vinci
Topic: Inaction, Thinking, Motivational
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“Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.”

Author: Leonardo da Vinci
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“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

Author: Leonardo da Vinci
Topic: Simplicity
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“Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.”

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“He who thinks little, errs much.”

Author: Leonardo da Vinci
Topic: Thinking, Mistake
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“He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.”

Author: Leonardo da Vinci
Topic: Greed, Wealth
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“He who does not punish evil commands that it be done.”

Author: Leonardo da Vinci
Topic: Evil, Indifference
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“As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.”

Author: Leonardo da Vinci
Topic: Life, Death
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“Wisdom is the daughter of experience.”

Author: Leonardo da Vinci
Topic: Wisdom, Experience
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“For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.”

Author: Leonardo da Vinci
Topic: Aviation, Experience
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