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This quotation examines the core nature of Hope as articulated by Leonardo da Vinci. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Hope provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially rested on his achievements as a painter, he has also become known for his notebooks, in which he made drawings and notes on a variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, painting, and palaeontology. Leonardo is widely regarded as a genius who epitomised the Renaissance humanist ideal, and his collective works contributed to the development of European art to an extent rivalled only by that of his younger contemporary Michelangelo.

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"There are four Powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses: sight, hearing and smell cannot well be prevented; touch and taste not at all."

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"Art is never finished, only abandoned."

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"Nature teaches us a valuable lesson: the canvas of tomorrow is painted with the actions of today."

— Edward L. Beach Jr.
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"O my brethren, my heart is enlarge towards you. I trust I feel something of that hidden, but powerful presence of Christ, whilst I am preaching to you."

— George Whitefield
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"Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest."

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"I know I have to be like people expect, because people love to dream with me, they like to think that I love my boat of 50 metres, that I drink Cristal for breakfast, that I dance until five o'clock in the morning. I am not like that."

— Roberto Cavalli
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