Giovanni Rucellai

Giovanni di Bernardo Rucellai (20 October 1475 – 3 April 1525) was an Italian writer and poet, and the grandson of the Rucellai family of wool-dyers turned bankers. Quotes L’Oreste La giusta impresaSempre accompagna il valor delle stelle. Act I (Oreste). Translation: The valour of the starsDoth aye accompany the just emprise." Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 343. I sogni non son altro, che van’ ombreImmaginate dal pensier del giorno. Act I (Olimpia). Translation: Naught else but empty shadows are our dreams,Reflected from the day’s imaginings. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 421. (Che) chi non ama l’ossa non amava. Act IV (Coro). Translation: Who loveth not the dead, loved them not living. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 267. È ver quel che si diceIl ben e ’l mal comincia nolle fasce. Act IV (Coro). Translation: Truly the proverb saysThat in the cradle good and ill begin. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 366. Quest’ oltraggio è fatto ai Dei,I quai, se non han cura di se stessi,Non vi curate voi di vendicarli. Act V (Coro). Translation: This is an insult offered to the Gods,And if the Gods themselves make light of it.It is not in your hands that vengeance lies. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 403. Le Api Ne’ piccioli suggetti è gran fatica,Ma qualunque gli esprime ornati, e chiari,Non picciol frutto del su’ ingegno coglie. P. 39. Translation: Great toil is oft by trifling theme entailed,But whoso clearly sets it forth and well,No trifling fruit he from his skill doth cull. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 365. La grand’ anima del MondoSta come auriga, e ’n questa cieca moleInfusa, muove le stellate sfere. P. 678. Translation: The world’s great soulDoth stand like charioteer, and this blind massPervading, doth control the starry spheres. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 343. External links Giovanni di Bernardo Rucellai Category:1475 births Category:1525 deaths Category:Poets from Italy Category:People from Florence