A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deeper shadow.
Quotes from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci — Leonardo da Vinci
1452–1519 Italy
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The atmosphere is blue by reason of the darkness above it because black and white make blue.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883)
To manage the large mould make a model of the small mould, make a small room in proportion.
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Reserve the great matters till the end, and the small matters give at the beginning.
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It is ill to praise, and worse to reprimand in matters that you do not understand.
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Shun those studies in which the work that results dies with the worker.
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The senses are of the earth; Reason, stands apart in contemplation.
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You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.
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The memory of benefits is a frail defence against ingratitude.
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Where there is most feeling, there is the greatest martyrdom.
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He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.
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Our body is dependent on heaven and heaven on the Spirit.
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Happy will they be who lend ear to the words of the Dead.
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It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.
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