A beautiful body perishes but
A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.
– Leonardo Da Vinci
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- The spirit desires to remain with its body, because, without the organic instruments of that body, it can neither act, nor feel anything. – Leonardo Da Vinci
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- A clever man without wisdom is like a beautiful flower without fragrance. – Leonardo Da Vinci
- The body of the earth is of the nature of a fish… because it draws water as its breath instead of air. – Leonardo Da Vinci
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