Translation: Let no man on his back, if he be wise, A burde… - Niccolò Forteguerri

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Translation: Let no man on his back, if he be wise,
A burden bind that is beyond his strength,
Whence, weeping, he ’I cannot bear it’ cries.

Niccolò Forteguerri

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About Niccolò Forteguerri

Niccolò Forteguerri (1674 – 1735) was an Italian academic, satiric poet and presbyter.

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Pen Names: Nidalmo Tiseo • Niccolò Carteromaco • Enfatico Intronato

Alternative Names: Niccolo Forteguerri • Niccolò Forteguerra • Niccolo Carteromaco

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Quei che aggiunge sapere, aggiunge affanno;
E men si dolgon quelli che men sanno.

Translation: In love’s engagements (sure the proverb’s trite)
He wins who flies, not he who stays to fight.

Translation: For never shall so firm a knot be tied
But at the last shall burst and broken be.

Translation: Let no man on his back, if he be wise, A burden bind that is beyond his strength, Whence, weeping, he ’I cannot bear it’ cries. - Niccolò Forteguerri

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