1333

Tricks.

We are two brothers, each of us has a brother. Here the way of saying it makes it appear that the two brothers have become four.

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

Notebooks of Leonoardo da Vinci
XX: Humorous Writings.
. . .
1313
Schemes for fables, etc..
1314,
1315,
1316,
1317,
1318,
1319,
1320,
1321,
1322,
1323
Schemes for prophecies.
1324,
1325,
1326,
1327,
1328,
1329,
1330,
1331
Irony (1332).
1332
Tricks.
1333,
1334,
1335