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By Leonardo da Vinci
As a day well spent procures a happy sleep, so a life well employed procures a happy death.
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- 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
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- Internet Archive (scan of the 1883 first edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington; English translation by Jean Paul Richter)
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From Leonardo's notebooks, in the English translation by Jean Paul Richter (The Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci, London: Sampson Low, 1883, no. 1173, in the chapter on morals). Leonardo wrote it in Italian. The Richter translation reads "a life well employed"; popular versions say "life well used".