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Biography - Leonardo da Vinci:

Italian Renaissance polymath.
Born: 1452 - Died: 1519
Period:
16th century
15th century
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

Water is the driving force of all nature.
Leonardo da Vinci


Water is the driving force of all nature.

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Translation

Translation

(German, French)



German
Wasser ist die treibende Kraft der Natur.
Leonardo da Vinci

French
L'eau est la force conductrice de la Nature.
Léonard de Vinci



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In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.
Leonardo da Vinci



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They muddy the water, to make it seem deep.
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Leonardo da Vinci also said...


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Reprove your friend in secret and praise him openly.
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All our knowledge has its origins in our perceptions.
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As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death.
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He who walks straight rarely falls.
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Wisdom is the daughter of experience.
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