Good culture is born of a good disposition; and since the cause is mor…

Leonardo da Vinci
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Good culture is born of a good disposition; and since the cause is more to be praised than the effect, I will rather praise a good disposition without culture, than good culture without the disposition. ✨ Leonardo da Vinci (2008). Notebooks, p.264, OUP Oxford
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