“He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.”

— Leonardo da Vinci · Courage quote

He who does not punish evil commands it to be done. — Leonardo da Vinci quote card
Artist and inventor · 1452 – 1519

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance painter, engineer and anatomist whose notebooks reveal an insatiable curiosity about nature and art. He painted the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and filled thousands of pages with studies, inventions and observations.

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