1196

Rules of Life.

To speak well of a base man is much the same as speaking ill of a good man.

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

1195 * 1197

XVIII * XX

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci

XIX: Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.

. . .

1176,

1177,

1178,

1179

On foolishness and ignorance.

1180,

1181,

1182

On riches.

1183,

1184,

1185,

1186,

1187

Rules of Life.

1188,

1189,

1190,

1191,

1192,

1193,

1194,

1195,

1196,

1197,

1198,

1199,

1200,

1201,

1202

Politics.

1203,

1204

Against Speculators.

1205,

1206

Against alchemists.

1207,

1208

Against friars.

1209

Against writers of epitomes.

1210

On spirits.

1211,

1212,

1213,

1214,

1215

Nonentity.

1216

. . .