Leonardo da Vinci: "Iron rusts from disuse; water…"

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El hierro se oxida por desuso; el agua pierde su pureza por estancamiento... de igual manera, la inacción debilita el vigor de la mente.

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“I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.”

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