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He who is lying on the ground has nowhere to fall.
Alan of Lille also known as 'Alanus de Insulis'— 1175 Liber Parabolarum, ch.2, l.18.
...Seggendo in piumain fama non si vien, né sotto coltre,sanza la qual chi sua vita consumacotal vestigo in terra di sé lasciaqual fummo in aere ed in acqua la schiuma.
dante alighieri— Lying in a featherbedwill bring you no fame, nor staying beneath the quilt,and he who uses up his life without achieving fameleaves no more vestige of himself on Earththan smoke in the air or foam upon the water.
— Canto XXIV, lines 47-51.
Tutte le opera, che si veggono fatte dallo Iddio della Natura in cielo ed in terra, sono tutte di Scultura.
Benvenuto Cellini— All works of nature created by God in heaven and on earth are works of sculpture.
— Treatise on Sculpture (1564), opening words, cited from G. P. Carpani (ed.) Vita di Benvenuto Cellini (Milano: Nicolo Bettoni, 1821) vol. 3, p. 199; translation from Jean Paul Richter (ed.) The Literary Works of Leonardo da Vinci (London: Phaidon, 1970) vol. 1, p. 90.
Noi fummo i Gattopardi, i Leoni; quelli che ci sostituiranno saranno gli sciacalletti, le iene; e tutti quanti Gattopardi, sciacalli e pecore, continueremo a crederci il sale della terra.
giuseppe tomasi di lampedusa— We were the Leopards, the Lions; those who'll take our place will be little jackals, hyenas; and the whole lot of us, Leopards, jackals, and sheep, we'll all go on thinking ourselves the salt of the earth.
— Page 152
Il torre altrui la vitaÈ facoltà communeAl più vil della terra; il darla è soloDe' Numi, e de' Regnanti.
metastasio— To take away life is a power which the vilest of the earth have in common; to give it belongs to gods and kings alone.
— La Clemenza di Tito (1734), III. 7.
In principio, dunque, era la noia, volgarmente chiamata caos. Iddio, annoiandosi della noia, creò la terra, il cielo, l'acqua, gli animali, le piante, Adamo ed Èva; i quali ultimi, annoiandosi a loro volta in paradiso, mangiarono il frutto proibito. Iddio si annoiò di loro e li cacciò dall'Eden.
alberto moravia— In the beginning was boredom, commonly called chaos. God, bored with boredom, created the earth, the sky, the waters, the animals, the plants, Adam and Eve; and the latter, bored in their turn in paradise, ate the forbidden fruit. God became bored with them and drove them out of Eden.
— La noia (Milano: Bompiani, 1960) pp. 10-11; Angus Davidson (trans.) Boredom (New York: New York Review of Books, 1999) p. 8.
Nunc suscipe, terra, fovendum,gremioque hunc concipe molli.Hominis tibi membra sequestro,generosa et fragmina credo.
prudentius— Take him, earth, for cherishing,To thy tender breast receive him.Body of a man I bring thee,Noble even in its ruin.
— "Hymnus X: Ad Exequias Defuncti", line 125 ; translation from Helen Waddell Mediaeval Latin Lyrics (London: Constable, [1929] 1943) p. 45.
Di, quibus imperium est animarum, umbraeque silentes, Et Chaos, et Phlegethon, loca nocte tacentia late, Sit mihi fas audita loqui: sit numine vestro Pandere res alta terra et caligine mersas.
virgil— Ye realms, yet unreveal'd to human sight,
Ye gods who rule the regions of the night,
Ye gliding ghosts, permit me to relate
The mystic wonders of your silent state!Lines 264–267 (translated by John Dryden).
La vostra nominanza é color d'erba, Che viene e va; e quei la discolora Per cui ell' esce della terra acerba.
dante alighieri— All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings it forth, soon slays with parching power.
— Dante Alighieri, Purgatoria, XI. 115.
Fra tutti il primo Arnaldo Danïello Gran maestro d'amor; ch'a la sua terra Ancor fa onor col suo dir strano e bello.
arnaut daniel— First of them all was Arnaut Daniel,
Master in love; and he his native land
Honors with the strange beauty of his verse.Petrarch Il Trionfo d'Amore, capitolo IV, line 40; uncredited translation from petrarch.petersadlon.com [2]
Alma minha gentil, que te partiste Tão cedo desta vida descontente, Repousa lá no Céu eternamente, E viva eu cá na terra sempre triste.
luís de camões— Ah, gentle soul of me, that didst depart
This life of discontent, so sudden tane;
Rest there eternal in the heavenly reign,
Live I here pent to play sad mortal part!
Ó grandes e gravíssimos perigos! Ó caminho de vida nunca certo: Que aonde a gente põe sua esperança, Tenha a vida tão pouca segurança! No mar tanta tormenta, e tanto dano, Tantas vezes a morte apercebida! Na terra tanta guerra, tanto engano, Tanta necessidade aborrecida! Onde pode acolher-se um fraco humano, Onde terá segura a curta vida, Que não se arme, e se indigne o Céu sereno Contra um bicho da terra tão pequeno?
luís de camões— O piteous lot of man's uncertain state!
What woes on Life's unhappy journey wait!
When joyful Hope would grasp its fond desire,
The long-sought transports in the grasp expire.
By sea what treacherous calms, what rushing storms,
And death attendant in a thousand forms!
By land what strife, what plots of secret guile,
How many a wound from many a treacherous smile!
O where shall man escape his numerous foes,
And rest his weary head in safe repose!Canto I, st. 105–6 (translated by William Julius Mickle, 1776).
Pois vens ver os segredos escondidos Da natureza e do úmido elemento, A nenhum grande humano concedidos De nobre ou de imortal merecimento, Ouve os danos de mim, que apercebidos Estão a teu sobejo atrevimento, Por todo o largo mar e pela terra, Que ainda hás de sojugar com dura guerra.
luís de camões— Com'st thou to penetrate the mysteries
Of nature, and this humid element,
Which to no mortal yet have been reveal'd,
Whate'er his merit, or his deathless fame?
But listen! Thou shalt know what punishments
For thy bold daring are by me prepar'd,
Which on the spacious deep thou shalt endure,
And 'midst the regions thou shalt yet subdue
By force of arms.Canto V, st. 42 (translated by Thomas Moore Musgrave).
Suave magni maro turbantibus aequora ventis e terra magnum alterius spectare laborem; non quia vexari quemquamst jucunda voluptas, sed quibus ipse malis careas quia cernere suave est.
lucretius— Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's tribulation: not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive from what ills you are free yourself is pleasant.Book II, line 1.
Noi fummo i Gattopardi, i Leoni; quelli che ci sostituiranno saranno gli sciacalletti, le iene; e tutti quanti Gattopardi, sciacalli e pecore, continueremo a crederci il sale della terra.
giuseppe tomasi di lampedusa— We were the Leopards, the Lions; those who'll take our place will be little jackals, hyenas; and the whole lot of us, Leopards, jackals, and sheep, we'll all go on thinking ourselves the salt of the earth.
— Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard (1958), p. 191
Cedit item retro, de terra quod fuit ante, In terras; et, quod missum est ex ætheris oreis, Id rursum cæli relatum templa receptant.
— What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.
— Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, II. 999
Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man.
ausonius—
— Ausonius, Epigrams, CXL. 1.
Fra tutti il primo Arnaldo Danïello Gran maestro d'amor; ch'a la sua terra Ancor fa onor col suo dir strano e bello.
— First of them all was Arnaut Daniel,
Master in love; and he his native land
Honors with the strange beauty of his verse.
— Petrarch Il Trionfo d'Amore, capitolo IV, line 40; uncredited translation from petrarch.petersadlon.com [2]
Cedit item retro, de terra quod fuit ante, in terras.
— Book II, line 999.
Nunc suscipe, terra, fovendum, gremioque hunc concipe molli. Hominis tibi membra sequestro, generosa et fragmina credo.
— Take him, earth, for cherishing,
To thy tender breast receive him.
Body of a man I bring thee,
Noble even in its ruin.
— "Hymnus X: Ad Exequias Defuncti", line 125 ; translation from Helen Waddell Mediaeval Latin Lyrics (London: Constable, [1929] 1943) p. 45.
Di, quibus imperium est animarum, umbraeque silentes, Et Chaos, et Phlegethon, loca nocte tacentia late, Sit mihi fas audita loqui: sit numine vestro Pandere res alta terra et caligine mersas.
— Ye realms, yet unreveal'd to human sight,
Ye gods who rule the regions of the night,
Ye gliding ghosts, permit me to relate
The mystic wonders of your silent state!
— Lines 264–267 (translated by John Dryden).
Quidquid sub terra est, in apricum proferet ætas; Defodiet condetque nitentia. Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
— Horace, Epistles, I. 6. 24.
Quidquid sub terra est, in apricum proferet ætas; Defodiet condetque nitentia. Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor.
— Horace, Epistles, I. 6. 24.
Sit tua terra levis.
— May the earth rest lightly on thee.
— Seneca, Epigram II. Ad Corsican. Martial—Epigram V. 35; IX. 30. 11.
Sing joyfully to God, all the earth; serve the Lord with gladness.
Bible (Vulgate)— Psalm 99:2 (Psalm100:2 Authorized Version).
Estne Dei sedes nisi terra, et pontus, et aer, Et cœlum, et virtus? Superos quid quærimus ultra? Jupiter est, quodcunque vides, quodcunque moveris.
— Has God any habitation except earth, and sea, and air, and heaven, and virtue? Why do we seek the highest beyond these? Jupiter is wheresoever you look, wheresoever you move.
— Lucanus, Pharsalia, Book IX. 578.
