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81 " A well-spent day brings happy sleep "
― Leonardo da Vinci
82 " When you put your hand in a flowing stream, you touch the last that has gone before and the first of what is still to come "
83 " The air moves like a river and carries the clouds with it; just as running water carries all the things that float upon it. "
84 " Tomaso of Florence. known as Masaccio, showed by his perfect works how those who took their nourishment from anything but nature, mistress of masters, were laboring in vain. "
85 " Perché la minestra si fredda. "
― Leonardo da Vinci , Leonardo Da Vinci
86 " Many have made a trade of delusions and false miracles, deceiving the stupid multitude.”“Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes! "
87 " Colui che più possiede, è colui che più ha paura di perdere. "
88 " Certainly it seems that nature desires to exterminate the human race, as a thing useless to the world, and the destroyer of all created things. "
― Leonardo da Vinci , The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
89 " Je tiefer das Gefühl, desto größer der Schmerz. "
90 " i thought i was learning to live but i was learning to die "
91 " Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood. "
92 " I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death "
93 " There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see. "
94 " Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses- especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else. "
95 " The deeper the feeling, the greater the pain "
96 " As you cannot do what you want,Want what you can do "
97 " One has no right to love or hate anything if one has not acquired a thorough knowledge of its nature. Great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object, and if you know it but little you will be able to love it only a little or not at all. "
98 " Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. Go some distance away because then the work appears smaller and more of it can be taken in at a glance and a lack of harmony and proportion is more readily seen. "
99 " The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of. "
100 " Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind. "