Translation: Thou know’st not God; how, then, canst reason … - Gian Carlo Passeroni

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Translation: Thou know’st not God; how, then, canst reason find
To vaunt thy doctrine? ’tis as though thou ’dst claim
To be a judge of colours, being blind.

Gian Carlo Passeroni

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Gian Carlo Passeroni (8 March 1713 – 26 December 1803) was an Italian poet.

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Non conoscendo Dio, come mai puoi
Vantarti di dottrina? essendo cieco,
De’ colori esser giudice tu vuoi.

Il più tristo mestier che mai sia stato,
Che sia, che mai sarà nel mondo tutto,
A mio parere, è quel del letterato.

Translation: The very meanest trade, I’m very sure,
That e’er has been, or is, or e’er will be
In all the world, is that of literature.

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