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Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.

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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