The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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Folly is the shield of shame, as unreadiness is that of poverty  
glorified.  
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Blind ignorance misleads us thus and delights with the results of  
lascivious joys.  
Because it does not know the true light. Because it does not know  
what is the true light.  
Vain splendour takes from us the power of being .... behold! for its  
vain splendour we go into the fire, thus blind ignorance does  
mislead us. That is, blind ignorance so misleads us that ...  
O! wretched mortals, open your eyes.  
On riches (1183--1187).  
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That is not riches, which may be lost; virtue is our true good and  
the true reward of its possessor. That cannot be lost; that never  
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