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Every man at three years old is half his height
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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Every loss which we incur leaves behind it vexation in the memory, save the greatest loss of all, that is, death, which annihilates the memory, together with life.
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In the days of thy youth seek to obtain that which shall compensate the losses of thy old age.
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O sleepers! what a thing is slumber! Sleep resembles death. Ah, why then dost thou not work in such wise as that after death thou mayst retain a resemblance to perfect life, when, during life, thou art in sleep so like to the hapless dead?
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Truth was always but the daughter of time.
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The painter has the Universe in his mind and hands.
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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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Nature has placed in the front part of man, as he moves, all those parts which when struck cause him to feel pain and this is felt in the joints of the legs, the forehead and the nose, and has been so devised for the preservation of man, because if such pain were not felt in these limbs they would be destroyed by the many blows they receive.
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A long life is a life well spent.
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Nature alone is the master of true genius.
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No one should ever imitate the style of another because, with regard to art, he will be called a nephew and not a child of nature.
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The painter strives and competes with nature.
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I am still hopeful. A falcon, Time. But the coincidence is probably accidental.
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