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Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci Quotes

Estimated IQ: 200

12 famous and inspiring quotes from Leonardo da Vinci

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Learning never exhausts the mind.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

— Leonardo da Vinci

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

— Leonardo da Vinci

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.

— Leonardo da Vinci

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

— Leonardo da Vinci

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Water is the driving force of all nature.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation — even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

— Leonardo da Vinci

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

— Leonardo da Vinci

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Leonardo da Vinci (estimated IQ 200) is one of history's most celebrated minds. These quotes reflect the depth of thought and wisdom that made Leonardo da Vinci one of the greatest geniuses who ever lived.

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