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Learning never exhausts the mind. — Leonardo da Vinci · Smartyfair

Learning never exhausts the mind.

Leonardo da Vinci1452–1519 · artist · 1400s-1500s ItalyLeonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance genius who painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper while also filling notebooks with inventive sketches of flying machines, anatomy, and engineering ideas centuries ahead of his time.4 quotes

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Your mind never gets tired out from learning.

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