Gedeon Ráday (writer)

thumb| Gedeon Ráday (1 October 1713 – 6 August 1792) was a Hungarian poet and translator. Quotes Helyes mondás, a' rest csak földnek terhe ... There is an ancient saying—Idleness Is the world's curse: and I have heard a story Out of old time, instructive. King Matthew once, half-tipsy, put three fellows— Three idle fellows—in a house to fatten; And fate, or forethought, set the house on fire. "Ah! see, the house is burning!" cried the first; "If the King want us," said the second knave, "Why he will send and save us." In a rage, "Your tongue is very glib," exclaimed the third; And the house went on burning, and they perish'd. O there are many idle dogs like these— Many who open wide their lazy mouths, And think that roasted ortolans will enter. "The Three Idlers of King Matthew Corvinus" (tr. John Bowring, 1830) See also Ferenc Kazinczy Ferenc Kölcsey Lőrinc Orczy External links John Bowring, Poetry of the Magyars (London, 1830), pp. 28–30 Category:Poets from Hungary Category:Translators from Hungary Category:1713 births Category:1792 deaths