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Intellectual passion dries out sensuality.
Leonardo da Vinci
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Leonardo da Vinci
Age: 67 †
Born: 1452
Born: April 15
Died: 1519
Died: May 2
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For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.
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