Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci (1452) was an Italian polymath of the Renaissance — painter, scientist, engineer, mathematician, and writer.
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Trending topics shown first"While I thought I have been learning how to live, I have been learning how to die."
"Men will deal rude blows to that which is the cause of their life:—They will thrash the grain."
"O mighty and once living instrument of formative nature. Incapable of availing thyself of thy vast strength thou hast to abandon a life of stillness and to obey the law which God and time gave to proc…"
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1452
Born
Birth1519
Died
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