Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
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Leonardo da VinciThe Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, tr. Richter (1883)
About Leonardo da Vinci
Renaissance painter, engineer and inventor who filled notebooks with observations. (1452-1519)
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