1181

On foolishness and ignorance.

Folly is the shield of shame, as unreadiness is that of poverty glorified.

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

XIX: Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.

. . .

What is life?.

1162,

Death.

How to spend life.

1165,

1166,

1167,

1168,

1169,

1170,

1171,

1172,

1173,

1174,

1175,

1176,

1177,

1178,

On foolishness and ignorance.

1180,

1181,

On riches.

1183,

1184,

1185,

1186,

Rules of Life.

1188,

1189,

1190,

1191,

1192,

1193,

1194,

1195,

1196,

1197,

1198,

1199,

1200,

. . .