Leonardo da Vinci Quote: To speak well of a base man...

To speak well of a base man is much the same as speaking ill of a good man.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Source: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

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That which has no limitations, has no form.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Source: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

Patience serves as a protection against wrongs as clothes do against cold. For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you. So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will be powerless to vex your mind.

— Leonardo da Vinci