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Meaning
The quote praises people who stay calm and positive when life is difficult. It suggests that courage can show up as a smile or a steady attitude under pressure.
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Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
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No source found on Wikiquote; the quote is listed as attributed to Leonardo da Vinci.
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Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath who lived from 1452 to 1519.
About Leonardo da Vinci
Italian polymath of the High Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance, active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. Born Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, he is best known simply as Leonardo. His reputation first rested on painting, but his notebooks made him famous in a broader sense. In them, he set down drawings and notes on subjects ranging from anatomy and astronomy to botany, cartography, painting, and palaeontology. He is widely regarded as a genius who embodied the Renaissance humanist ideal, and his work helped shape European art.
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Books by Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo
1995
A Treatise on Painting
2002
Trattato della pittura
2005
Leonardo da Vinci, anatomist
2012
Literary works of Leonardo da Vinci
2002