“To speak well of a base man is much the same as speaking ill of a good man.”
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“He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“Any one who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.”
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“Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.”
— William Blake Primary source“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to thee, look on his mouth.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“No man ever was glorious who was not laborious.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source