“Ask advice of him who governs himself well.”
Leonardo da Vinci
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (Primary source)
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, translated by Jean Paul Richter, is a thematic anthology of Leonardo’s writings on art, science, anatomy, engineering, and philosophy—revealing the genius’s insights, observations, and inventions through his own reflective and analytical prose.
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“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“Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature.”
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“I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better goverment.”
— Henry David Thoreau Primary source“Well done is better than well said.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Never underestimate the man who overestimates himself.”
— Charlie Munger Primary source