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

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Le fer rouille par manque d'usage ; l'eau perd de sa pureté par stagnation... de même, l'inaction sape la vigueur de l'esprit.

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“In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that w...”

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