1286

@ Fables on plants.

A man saw a large sword which another one wore at his side. Said he “Poor fellow, for a long time I have seen you tied to that weapon; why do you not release yourself as your hands are untied, and set yourself free?” To which the other replied: “This is none of yours, on the contrary it is an old story.” The former speaker, feeling stung, replied: “I know that you are acquainted with so few things in this world, that I thought anything I could tell you would be new to you.”

Taken from The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci edited by Jean Paul Richter, 1880.

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
XX: Humorous Writings.
. . .
1266,
1267,
1268,
1269,
1270
Fables on lifeless objects.
1271,
1272,
1273,
1274
@ Fables on plants.
1275,
1276,
1277,
1278,
1279,
1280,
1281,
1282,
1283,
1284,
1285,
1286,
1287,
1288,
1289,
1290,
1291,
1292,
1293,
1294,
1295,
1296,
1297,
1298,
1299,
1300,
1301,
1302,
1303,
1304,
1305,
1306
. . .