John Florio

thumb| Giovanni Florio (1552 or 1553 – 1625), known as John Florio, was an English linguist, poet, writer, translator, lexicographer, and royal language tutor at the Court of James I. He is recognised as the most important Renaissance humanist in England. Quotes England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses. Second Frutes (1591) ch. 12 Since honour from the honourer proceeds,How well do they deserve that memorizeAnd leave in Books, for all posteritiesThe names of worthies and their virtuous deeds. Ode (Concerning the Honour of Books) l. 1 How poor remembrances are statues, tombs,And other monuments that men erectTo princes, which remain in closèd roomsWhere but a few behold them, in respectOf Books, that to the universal eyeShow how they lived; the other where they lie! Ode (Concerning the Honour of Books) l. 9 External links Category:Linguists from England Category:Poets from England Category:Translators from England Category:Humanists Category:Lexicographers Category:Deaths from disease Category:People from London Category:1550s births Category:1625 deaths