734 Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

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

The five senses are the ministers of the soul.

How painting surpasses all human works by reason of the subtle possibilities which it contains.

Men wrongly lament the flight of time, blaming it for being too swift; they do not perceive that its passage is sufficiently long, but a good memory, which nature has given to us, causes things long past to seem present.

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

Nature is so delightful and abundant in its variations that there would not be one that resembles another, and not only plants as a whole, but among their branches, leaves and fruit, will not be found one which is precisely like another.

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

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

I awoke, only to see that the rest of the world is still asleep.