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" Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. "

Leonardo da Vinci

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" The beginnings and ends of shadow lie between the light and darkness and may be infinitely diminished and infinitely increased. Shadow is the means by which bodies display their form. The forms of bodies could not be understood in detail but for shadow. "

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