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Music... is the shaping of the invisible.

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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Not to appreciate life, all of life, is not to deserve it.
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Nature varies the seed according to the variety of the things she desires to produce in the world.
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