30 Quotes About Leonardo-da-vinci
- Author Theresa Breslin
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The Maestro spoke again. "When we are not, at what point do we become?" I could not reply. For I had grasped no shape of his thoughts. I understood neither what he said nor his intent behind it.
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- Author Da Vinci Leonardo
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When wine is drunk by a drunkard, that wine is revenged on the drinker.Leonardo Da Vinci Notebooks, 1281
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- Author Theresa Breslin
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He could quite quickly become detached from the nuances of common human emotion. Particularly if he was engaged in some aspect of a scientific problem or research. His work excluded any consideration for the feelings of those around him. And he rarely excused himself or justified his behavior. It was as if he was compelled to focus all his energy on one subject and was unaware that others did not follow his obsession.
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- Author James Morcan
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One of the best examples of a polymath is Leonardo da Vinci. Born in Italy in 1452, Leonardo was a sculptor, painter, architect, mathematician, musician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, botanist, geologist, cartographer and writer. Although he received an informal education that included geometry, Latin and mathematics, he was essentially an autodidact, or a self-taught individual.
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- Author Ross King
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That one of history’s greatest brains struggled with amo, amas, amat should be consolation to anyone who has ever tried to learn a second language.
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- Author Theresa Breslin
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Lying eats into the soul. If it becomes a habit it frays the edge of your spirit. Truth telling, although sometimes harder to do, strengthens your heart. It serves a person ill not to tell the truth.
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- Author Curtis Bill Pepper
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There is nothing in man or nature that does not ask questions.
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- Author Leonardo da Vinci
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For once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.
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- Author Leonardo Davinci
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A Life is Full of Danger
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