The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Quotes

“Truth at last cannot be hidden. Dissimulation is of no avail. Dissimulation is to no purpose before so great a judge. Falsehood puts on a mask. Nothing is hidden under the sun.”

― Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

topic:hidingtruth

“The water you touch in a river is the last of that which has passed, and the first of that which is coming. Thus it is with time present. Life if well spent, is long.”

― Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

topic:lifetime

“Our life is made by the death of others.”

― Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

topic:lifedeathothers

“As a day well spent procures a happy sleep, so a life well employed procures a happy death.”

― Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

topic:deathsatisfaction

“Every action needs to be prompted by a motive. To know and to will are two operations of the human mind. Discerning, judging, deliberating are acts of the human mind.”

― Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

topic:knowledgeactionmindjudgement

“All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions.”

― Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

topic:knowledge

“Thou, O God, dost sell us all good things at the price of labour.”

― Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

topic:Godwork

“He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.”

― Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

topic:fearloss

“The tears come from the heart and not from the brain.”

― Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

topic:heartsadness

“Wisdom is the daughter of experience.”

― Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

topic:wisdomexperience