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Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but rather memory.

Leonardo da Vinci

1519

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1519 The Renaissance

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Da Vinci, Leonardo. The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. c. 1519.

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