Leonardo da Vinci quotes
1452–1519 · Anchiano, Italy
You do ill if you praise, and still worse if you reprove in a matter you do not understand.
- Source
- The Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci, compiled and edited from the original manuscripts by Jean Paul Richter, vol. 2, 1883 · Richter no. 1177, p. 294
- Read at
- Internet Archive (scan of the 1883 first edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington; English translation by Jean Paul Richter)
- Source
- The Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci, compiled and edited from the original manuscripts by Jean Paul Richter, vol. 2, 1883 · Richter no. 1177, p. 294
- Read at
- Internet Archive (scan of the 1883 first edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington; English translation by Jean Paul Richter)
- Source
- The Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci, compiled and edited from the original manuscripts by Jean Paul Richter, vol. 2, 1883 · Richter no. 1176, p. 294
- Read at
- Internet Archive (scan of the 1883 first edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington; English translation by Jean Paul Richter)
Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occured in experience.
- Source
- The Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci, compiled and edited from the original manuscripts by Jean Paul Richter, vol. 2, 1883 · Richter no. 1151, p. 288
- Read at
- Internet Archive (scan of the 1883 first edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington; English translation by Jean Paul Richter)
As a day well spent procures a happy sleep, so a life well employed procures a happy death.
- Source
- The Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci, compiled and edited from the original manuscripts by Jean Paul Richter, vol. 2, 1883 · Richter no. 1173, p. 293
- Read at
- Internet Archive (scan of the 1883 first edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington; English translation by Jean Paul Richter)