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Giovanni Battista Lorenzi
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Giovanni Battista Lorenzi (1721 – 1807) was an Italian librettist. He was born and died in Naples, and was a friend of Giovanni Paisiello, with whom he collaborated on numerous operas.
Quotes
Fuggite i libri; questiSon la vergogna dell’ umana gente,Son gli assassin! della vita umana.Credete a me : la veraFilosofia è quella d’ingrassare.
Translation: All books avoid, for theyAre the disgrace of our humanity,And the assassins of the human race.Mark well my words : the truePhilosophy consists in growing fat.
Socrate Immaginario, Act I., Sc. XIII. — (Tammaro.). Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 303.
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