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The Renaissance8 quotes
Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but rather memory. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Human subtlety... Will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Man and animal are merely a passage and channel for food, a tomb for other animals, a haven for the dead, giving life by the death of others, a coffer full of corruption. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1508Perspective is the bridle and rudder of painting. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1519Men of genius sometimes accomplish most when they work the least. — Leonardo da Vinci · 1568All 8 quotes →