The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

Quote by Leonardo Da Vinci

Topics: Leonardo Da Vinci Quotes

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap...

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap...

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Art is never finished, only abandoned.

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must...

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must...

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should...

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should...

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when...

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when...

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.

I have wasted my hours.

I have wasted my hours.

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that...

No artist is ahead of his time. He 'is' his time; it is just that...

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how...

Experience is what you got by not having it when you need it.

Experience is what you got by not having it when you need it.

Experience does not ever err; it is only your judgment that errs in promising itself...

Experience does not ever err; it is only your judgment that errs in promising itself...

The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake.

The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far...

Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black

Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose,...

There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose,...

Literature is a state of culture, poetry is a state of grace, before and after...

Literature is a state of culture, poetry is a state of grace, before and after...

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket

You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket