Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.
Leonardo da Vinci (translated by Maurice Baring)
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- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Thoughts on Art and Life, I: Thoughts on Life, 13 (1906); Complete aphorism13, read with surrounding entries10–17. Public-domain translation by Maurice Baring, verified title-page credit. Distinct from the earlier memorial selection, aphorism100. Does not quote the Cornelius Celsus passage in the fo
- Thoughts on Art and Life, I: Thoughts on Life, 13 (1906)
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