Famous Quotes / Leonardo da Vinci
83 Quotations by Leonardo da Vinci
- 21. He who wishes to see how the soul inhabits the body should look to see how that body uses its daily ...
- 22. I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as ...
- 23. I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.
- 24. I prefer death to lassitude. I never tire of serving others.
- 25. I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand. Why thunder lasts lon ...
- 26. I teach you to preserve your health, so that you will succeed better in proportion as you avoid doct ...
- 27. I will now reveal to men the origin of the first, or perhaps second cause of their existence. Lust i ...
- 28. Intellectual passion dries out sensuality.
- 29. Iron rusts from disue; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so d ...
- 30. Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen, even so ...
- 31. Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation and in cold weather becomes frozen; e ...
- 32. It is better to die than to lose one's freedom.
- 33. It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
- 34. Just as courage imperils life; fear protects it.
- 35. Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.
- 36. Lying on a feather mattress or quilt will not bring you renown.
- 37. Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.
- 38. Marriage: putting one's hand into a bag of snakes on the chance of drawing out an eel.
- 39. Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.
- 40. Men wrongly complain of Experience. With great abuse, they accuse her of leading them astray. But th ...