“Truth was the only daughter of Time.”
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“He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year.”
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“Wisdom is the daughter of experience.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“If you have time don’t wait for time.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“The search for truth is more precious than its possession.”
— Albert Einstein Primary source