The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci Complete


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besmirch itself.  
OF FORESIGHT.  
The cock does not crow till it has thrice flapped its wings; the  
parrot in moving among boughs never puts its feet excepting where it  
has first put its beak. Vows are not made till Hope is dead.  
Motion tends towards the centre of gravity.  
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MAGNANIMITY.  
The falcon never seizes any but large birds and will sooner die than  
eat [tainted] meat of bad savour.  
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FABLES.  
Fables on animals (1265-1270).  
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A FABLE.  
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