Leonardo da Vinci

Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; so does inaction sap the read more

Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that read more

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.

Experience does not ever err; it is only your judgment that errs in promising itself results which are not caused read more

Experience does not ever err; it is only your judgment that errs in promising itself results which are not caused by your experiments

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which read more

In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.