Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active. — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
For once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death. — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
As every divided kingdom falls, so every mind divided between many studies confounds and saps itself. — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness. — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! wretched mortals, open your eyes! — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Common sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses. — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power. — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have. — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel. — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue. — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see. — Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci
