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Society and the World
Leonardo da Vinci
Perspective is a most subtle discovery in mathematical studies, for by means of lines it causes to appear distant that which is near, and large that which is small.
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Leonardo da Vinci
One day the world will look upon research upon animals as it now looks upon research on human beings.
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Leonardo da Vinci
He who in reasoning cites authority is making use of his memory rather than of his intellect.
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Leonardo da Vinci
He who in reasoning cites authority is making use of his memory rather than of his intellect.
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Leonardo da Vinci
It is the infinite alone that cannot be attained, for if it could it would become finite.
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Leonardo da Vinci
If we make mistakes in our first compositions and do not know them, we may not amend them.
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Leonardo da Vinci
If we make mistakes in our first compositions and do not know them, we may not amend them.
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Leonardo da Vinci
The light and heat of the universe comes from the sun, and its cold and darkness from the withdrawal of the sun.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Experience never errs; it is only your judgments that err by promising themselves effects such as are not caused by your experiments.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Men standing in opposite hemispheres will converse and deride each other and embrace each other, and understand each other’s language.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Men standing in opposite hemispheres will converse and deride each other and embrace each other, and understand each other’s language.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Those who condemn the supreme certainty of mathematics feed on confusion, and can never silence the contradictions of the sophistical sciences which lead to eternal quackery.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Many will think they may reasonably blame me by alleging that my proofs are opposed to the authority of certain men held in the highest reverence by their inexperienced judgments; not considering that my works are the issue of pure and simple experience.
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Leonardo da Vinci
O painter, take care lest the greed for gain prove a stronger incentive than renown in art, for to gain this renown is a 80 far greater thing than is the renown of riches.
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Leonardo da Vinci
True and great love springs out of great knowledge, and where you know little you can love but little or not at all.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Why are the bones of great fishes, and oysters and corals and various other shells and sea-snails, found on the high tops of mountains that border the sea, in the same way in which they are found in the depths of the sea?
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