Giovanni Maria Cecchi Quotes

I Rivalli, Act II. , Scene I.

Nel terren morvido
Ogni ferraccio vi si ficca dentro.

Chi prima giugne al mulin, prima macina.

Translation: Who trusts to others for his food,
Waits long e’er he be satisfied.

Translation: Who first shall reach the mill, he first shall grind.

Translation: Learn art and virtue, and, when times demand,
(So says the saw), you have them to your hand.

Translation: By art and swindling here
Men live for half the year;
By swindling and by art
They live the other part.

Ogni laccio
O sia di seta, o d’oro, o si di fune
Strigne ed affoga.

(Dice il proverbio) impara arte e virtù,
E se il bisogno vien cavala su.

Una corazza serve a cento brighe.