The city will gain beauty worthy of its name and to you it will be useful by its revenues, and the eternal fame of its aggrandizement." - Meaning and context.">
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These notes were possibly written in preparation for a letter. The meaning is obscure.
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The city will gain beauty worthy of its name and to you it will be useful by its revenues, and the eternal fame of its aggrandizement.

— Leonardo da Vinci

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The city will gain beauty worthy of its name and to you it will be useful by its revenues, and the eternal fame of its aggrandizement." in the context of "These notes were possibly written in preparation for a letter. The meaning is obscure." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Leonardo da Vinci" (Quotes, The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883): These quotes are primarily from the published edition of Jean Paul Richter (1883), as translated into English by Mrs. R. C. Bell and Edward John Poynter , XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Leonardo da Vinci

About Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, inventor, engineer, sculptor, and musician. His best known painting is the Mona Lisa.