Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Burthen and Value

J. G. Zimmermann, Aphorisms and Reflections, (London, 1800), p. 5:

The burthen increases with the value. Those we love, anxiously do we watch; and we merit their esteem by our disquietude. 

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