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Life and Existence
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
Every loss which we incur leaves behind it vexation in the memory, save the greatest loss of all, that is, death, which 89 annihilates the memory, together with life.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Every loss which we incur leaves behind it vexation in the memory, save the greatest loss of all, that is, death, which 89 annihilates the memory, together with life.
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Leonardo da Vinci
The vine that has grown old on an old tree falls with the ruin of that tree, and through that bad companionship must perish with it.
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Leonardo da Vinci
O admirable necessity! O powerful action! What mind can penetrate your nature? What language can express this marvel? None, to be sure. This is where human discourse turns toward the contemplation of the divine.
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Leonardo da Vinci
If anyone wishes to see how the soul dwells in its body, let him observe how this body uses its daily habitation; that is to say, if this is devoid of order and confused, the body will be kept in disorder and confusion by its soul
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Leonardo da Vinci
If anyone wishes to see how the soul dwells in its body, let him observe how this body uses its daily habitation; that is to say, if this is devoid of order and confused, the body will be kept in disorder and confusion by its soul
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Leonardo da Vinci
I have found that, in the composition of the human body as compared with the bodies of animals, the organs of sense are duller and coarser. Thus, it is composed of less ingenious instruments, and of spaces less capacious for receiving the faculties of sense.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Things severed shall be united and shall acquire of themselves such virtue that they shall restore to men their lost memory: That is the papyrus sheets, which are formed out of several strips and preserve the memory of the thoughts and deeds of men.
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Leonardo da Vinci
He who wishes to see how the soul inhabits the body should look to see how that body uses its daily surroundings. If the dwelling is dirty and neglected, the 82 body will be kept by its soul in the same condition, dirty and neglected.
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Leonardo da Vinci
He who wishes to see how the soul inhabits the body should look to see how that body uses its daily surroundings. If the dwelling is dirty and neglected, the 82 body will be kept by its soul in the same condition, dirty and neglected.
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Leonardo da Vinci
The painter or draftsman ought to be solitary, in order that the well-being of the body not sap the vigor of the mind.
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Leonardo da Vinci
In the days of thy youth seek to obtain that which shall compensate the losses of thy old age.
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Leonardo da Vinci
In the days of thy youth seek to obtain that which shall compensate the losses of thy old age.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Nothing will be left, Nothing in the air, nothing under the earth, nothing in the waters. All will be exterminated.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Man and animals are in reality vehicles and conduits of food, tombs of animals, hostels of Death, coverings that consume, deriving life by the death of others.
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