Leonardo da Vinci Quotes About Memories
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It seems that it had been destined before that I should occupy myself so thoroughly with the vulture, for it comes to my mind as a very early memory, when I was still in the cradle, a vulture came down to me, he opened my mouth with his tail and struck me a few times with his tail against my lips.
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Just as food eaten without appetite is a tedious nourishment, so does study without zeal damage the memory by not assimilating what it absorbs.
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He who in reasoning cites authority is making use of his memory rather than of his intellect.
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Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.
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Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.
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Whoever in debate quotes authority uses not intellect, but memory.
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Those who, in debate, appeal to their qualifications, argue from memory, not from understanding.
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Things severed shall be united and shall acquire of themselves such virtue that they shall restore to men their lost memory: - That is the papyrus sheets, which are formed out of several strips and preserve the memory of the thoughts and deeds of men.
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Every loss which we incur leaves behind it vexation in the memory, save the greatest loss of all, that is, death, which annihilates the memory, together with life.
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The memory of benefits is a frail defence against ingratitude.
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Anyone who invokes authors in discussion is not using his intelligence but his memory.
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Men wrongly lament the flight of time, blaming it for being too swift; they do not perceive that its passage is sufficiently long, but a good memory, which nature has given to us, causes things long past to seem present.
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Just as eating against one's will is injurious to health, so studying without a liking for it spoils the memory, and it retains nothing it takes in.
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Things that are separate shall be united and acquire such virtue that they will restore to man his lost memory.
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A good memory, which nature has endowed us with, causes things long past to seem present.
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