Francesco Bracciolini Quotes

November 26, 1566 – August 31, 1645

Francesco Bracciolini (November 26, 1566 – August 31, 1645) was an Italian poet.

(Faceva far cento) castelli in aria.

I., 62.
— Translation: To make a thousand castles in the air.
— Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 259.

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(Vuol) far d’ una ciriegia due bocconi.

Francesco Bracciolini
— IV., 30.
— Translation: He wants to make two mouthfuls of one cherry.
— Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 300.

Tags: far, una, due

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(Che) il leon non combatte con la mosca.

Francesco Bracciolini
— V., 41.
— Translation: For never doth the lion fight with flies.
— Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 315.

Tags: leon, con

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(Deh! come è ver che) subito trovatoII bello place a chi non e malato.

Francesco Bracciolini
— XII., 6.
— Translation: True ’tis, when unexpectedly we findThe beautiful, it charms the healthy mind.
— Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 424.

Tags: ver, subito, bello, place

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