Leonardo da Vinci Quote

There will be many who will eagerly and with great care and solicitude follow up a thing, which, if they only knew its malignity, would always terrify them. Of those men, who, the older they grow, the more avaricious they become, whereas, having but little time to stay, they should become more liberal.

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (Richter, 1888) - XX Humorous Writings