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The following quotes come from the mind of Leonardo da Vinci. Can you decode them?
DKBLKQ ZGL FLKPOFNM DK DXSOJQKN EB DWWQDUHKS NL DONGLXHNB HM KLN OMHKS GHM HKNQUUHSQKFQ; GQ HM IOMN OMHKS GHM JQJLXB.
DM D ZQUU-MWQKN PDB EXHKSM GDWWB MUQQW, ML D UHRQ ZQUU MWQKN EXHKSM GDWWB PQDNG.
GQ ZGL ULYQM WXDFNHFQ ZHNGLON NGQLXB HM UHTQ NGQ MDHULX ZGL ELDXPM MGHW ZHNGLON D XOPPQX DKP FLJWDMM DKP KQYQX TKLZM ZGQXQ GQ JDB FDMN.
DKBLKQ ZGL FLKPOFNM DK DXSOJQKN EB DWWQDUHKS NL DONGLXHNB HM KLN OMHKS GHM HKNQUUHSQKFQ; GQ HM IOMN OMHKS GHM JQJLXB.
DM D ZQUU-MWQKN PDB EXHKSM GDWWB MUQQW, ML D UHRQ ZQUU MWQKN EXHKSM GDWWB PQDNG.
GQ ZGL ULYQM WXDFNHFQ ZHNGLON NGQLXB HM UHTQ NGQ MDHULX ZGL ELDXPM MGHW ZHNGLON D XOPPQX DKP FLJWDMM DKP KQYQX TKLZM ZGQXQ GQ JDB FDMN.
Answer
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.
A = X
B = Y
C = Z
D = A
E = B
F = C
G = H
H = I
I = J
J = M
K = N
L = O
M = S
N = T
O = U
P = D
Q = E
R = F
S = G
T = K
U = L
V = Q
W = P
X = R
Y = V
Z = W
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