“A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deeper shadow.”
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), IV Perspective of Disappearance
“All masters want to appear more brilliant than other people.”
— Robert Greene, book The 48 Laws of Power
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