“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”
Leonardo da Vinci
This quote is commonly attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but I have not been able to locate a primary source. Use with caution in academic or professional contexts.
“A man is worthy of praise or blame solely on account of those actions which lie within his power to do or not to do.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“Wisdom is the daughter of experience.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“Just as iron rusts unless it is used, and water putrifies or, in cold, turns to ice, so our intellect spoils unless it is kept in use.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“Truth was the only daughter of Time.”
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“He that never eats too much, will never be lazy.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“The golden age never was the present age.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Disputed“Never spend your money before you have it.”
— Thomas Jefferson Primary source