Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)
Table of contents ↑Nulli cupiat cessisse labori [101]![](/static/images/em.gif)
![A cupid carrying a column steps on a spade and the skin of an ox v1608101pict](/static/images//va1608/editie1608LEI/pictura/01010201.jpg)
Translations
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Claudianus, De consulatu Stilichonis (22) 2, 106.
Hij probeert nooit aan inspanning te ontkomen. |
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Claudianus, De consulatu Stilichonis (22) 2, 106.
He seeks never to yield to toil. |
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Cicero, In C. Verrem 2, 3, 4.
Last is niet de goede term voor iets wat met vreugde en genoegen wordt gedragen. Alleen de liefde wordt rood van de term 'moeilijkheid'.. |
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Cicero, In C. Verrem 2, 3, 4.
'Burden' is not the righ name for a load carried with satisfaction and pleasure. Only love blushes for the name 'difficulty'. |
Sources and parallels
- The willingness to undertake te labour of love: Nihil amanti grave [26]
(in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615)
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Parallel for the pictura (mirrored) and some mottoes (Latin, Italian, French) in: Un Amour portant une Colonne, foulant une Bêche & une peau de Beuf
(in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)
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References, across this site, to this page:
- Un Amour portant une Colonne, foulant une Bêche & une peau de Beuf
(in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)
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- Nihil amanti grave [26]
(in: Otto Vaenius, Amoris divini emblemata (1615)
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