Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you und…

Leonardo da Vinci
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Learning acquired in youth arrests the evil of old age; and if you understand that old age has wisdom for its food, you will so conduct yourself in youth that your old age will not lack for nourishment. ✨ Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, p.443, GENERAL PRESS
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