That man is of supreme folly who always wants for fear of wanting; and his life flies away while he is still hoping to enjoy the good things which he… - Leonardo da Vinci

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That man is of supreme folly who always wants for fear of wanting; and his life flies away while he is still hoping to enjoy the good things which he has with extreme labour acquired.

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About Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, inventor, engineer, sculptor, and musician. His best known painting is the Mona Lisa.

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Alternative Names: Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci Leonard Léonard Leonardo Da Vinci
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To me it seems that those sciences are vain and full of error which are not born of experience, mother of all certainty, firsthand experience which in its origins, or means, or end has passed through one of the five senses. And if we doubt the certainty of everything which passes through the senses, how much more ought we to doubt things contrary to these senses such as the existence of god or of the soul or similar things over which there is always dispute and contention,

45. *Contra los ornamentos excesivos y demasiados elaborados*

Tú, pintor, estudia el modo de hacer tus obras para que atraigan a sus espectadores y los mantengan quietos con gran admiración y deleite, que no los atraigan para rechazarlos muy pronto, como hace el aire con quien, en los tiempos nocturnos, salta desnudo de la cama para contemplar la calidad del aire nublado o sereno, que de inmediato, expulsado por el frío del aire, vuelve a la cama de donde ha partido. Haz más bien tus obras semejantes a ese aire que en los tiempos cálidos saca a los hombres de sus camas y los retiene con deleite para apropiarse del fresco del estío. No quieras ser antes práctico que docto, y que la avaricia termine venciendo a la gloria, que con tal arte por mérito se conquista.

«¿No ves que entre las bellezas humanas es una cara muy bella la que detiene a los paseantes y no sus ricos ornamentos?»

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