Jacopo Sannazaro

thumb|right|Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so. Jacopo Sannazaro (28 July 1458 – 6 August 1530) was an Italian poet, humanist and epigrammist from Naples. Quotes Al mondo mal non e senza rimedio. Translation: There is no evil in the world without a remedy. Ecloga Octava; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), "Evil". L'invidia, figliuol mio, se stessa macera,E si dilegua come agnel per fascino. Translation: Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye. Ecloga Octava; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), "Envy". Tanto è miser l'uom quant' ei si riputa. Translation: Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so. Ecloga Octava; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), "Mind". Ne l'onde solca, e ne l'arena semina,E'l vago vento spera in rete accogliereChi sue speranze fonda in cor di femina. Translation: He ploughs the waves, sows the sand, and hopes to gather the wind in a net, who places his hopes on the heart of woman. Ecloga Octava; "Plough the sands" found in Juvenal, Satires (early 2nd century), VII. Jeremy Taylor, Discourse on Liberty of Prophesying (1647), Introduction. External links Category:1458 births Category:1530 deaths Category:Poets from Italy Category:People from Naples