Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature. Necessity is the theme and inventress of nature, her curb and her eternal law. (Leonardo da Vinci)

Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature. Necessity is the theme and inventress of nature, her curb and her eternal law.

Leonardo da Vinci

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