Francesco Berni Quotes

Un re, se vuole il suo debito fare,
Non e re veramente, ma fattore
Del popol che gli e dato a governare.

The loss of what we have is pain more dire
Than not to gain the thing that we desire.

For he who patience hath can all things do.

Pochi si son del silenzio pentiti;
De l'aver troppo parlato, infmiti.

He who conveys a ring, a horse, a hat,
And things like these, shows some discrimination;
Mere petty pilfering a the name for that.
But him who steals another's reputation,
And on the fruits of others' toil grows fat,
Hail thief and murderer by acclamation.

Wise is he who this hour, not year by year,
Makes himself safeguards, antidotes and shields
Against the weapons death or fortune wields.

For fault inveterate, new punishment.

Like to a leafless tree,
Dry river bed, or house in pathless waste,
Is gentle blood that hath no courtesy.

And this doth overpass all other pain,
To find that our last hope is all in vain.

Che lasciar quel che s'ama, e peggio assai
Che disiarlo, e non averlo mai.

Sia maladetto chi si fidò mai,
O vuol fidarsi di donna che sia;
Che false sono e maladette tutte;
E più anche le belle che le brutte.

Whoe'er he be, none more than human deem,
And each may speak as good to him doth seem.

Andava combattendo ed era morto.

Così da sempre ogni capo canuto
Piu volentier consilio, ched ajuto.

That we may know
Whether the devil doth his looks belie,
And if he is as ugly as we paint him.