Leonardo da Vinci Iron Quotations

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation ... even so does inaction sap the vigour of the mind.

Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.

Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity, and in cold weather becomes frozen, even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.

Just as iron rusts from disuse, and stagnant water putrefies, or when cold turns to ice, so our intellect wastes unless it is kept in use.

Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

Just as iron which is not used grows rusty, and water putrefies and freezes in the cold, so the mind of which no use is made is spoilt.