734 Quotes by Leonardo da Vinci

The mole has very small eyes and it always lives under ground; and it lives as long as it is in the dark but when it comes into the light it dies immediately, because it becomes known; – and so it is with lies.

Man’s external form, marvellously constructed, is not much as compared with the divine soul that dwells inside that structure.

A poet knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Happy will be those who give ear to the words of the dead: – The reading of good works and the observing of their precepts.

The lie is so vile, that even if it were in speaking well of godly things, it would take off something from God’s grace; and Truth is so excellent, that if it praises but small things they become noble.

Old age takes in part savoury wisdom for its food – see to that your old age will not lack in nourishment.

A deaf and dumb person who sees two men in conversation – may nevertheless understand from the attitudes and gestures of the speakers, how well their discussion is getting along.

It’s not enough that you believe what you see. You must also understand what you see.

The knowledge of all things is possible.