“ Many a time will one man be seen as three and all three move together, and often the most real one quits him. ”
 Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1478 – 1519). copy citation

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Author Leonardo da Vinci
Source The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
Topic time
Date 1478 – 1519
Language English
Reference
Note Translated by Jean Paul Richter in 1888
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“And exactly as the one moves the other moves; but what seems so wonderful is the variety of height they assume. * (Of our Shadow cast by the Sun, and our Reflection in the Water at one and the same time.) * Many a time will one man be seen as three and all three move together, and often the most real one quits him. * (Of wooden Chests which contain great Treasures.) * Within walnuts and trees and other plants vast treasures will be found, which lie hidden there and well guarded. * (Of putting out the Light when going to Bed.)” source