When that which loves is united to the thing beloved it can rest there; when the burden is laid down it finds rest there.
 Leonardo da Vinci, The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci (1478 – 1519). copy citation

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Author Leonardo da Vinci
Source The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci
Topic love burden
Date 1478 – 1519
Language English
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Note Translated by Jean Paul Richter in 1888
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Context

“The work is the first thing born of this union; if the thing loved is base the lover becomes base. When the thing taken into union is perfectly adapted to that which receives it, the result is delight and pleasure and satisfaction. When that which loves is united to the thing beloved it can rest there; when the burden is laid down it finds rest there. Politics (1203. 1204) . 1203. There will be eternal fame also for the inhabitants of that town, constructed and enlarged by him. [Footnote: These notes were possibly written in preparation for a letter.” source