The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Quotes by Sannazaro

4 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

L'invidia, figliuol mio, se stessa macera, E si dilegua come agnel per fascino. Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye.— filed under Envy
Al mondo mal non è senza rimedio. There is no evil in the world without a remedy.— filed under Experience
Tanto è miser l'uom quant' ei si riputa. Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.— filed under Music
Ne l'onde solca, e ne l'arena semina, E'l vago vento spera in rete accogliere Chi sue speranze fonda in cor di femina. He ploughs the waves, sows the sand, and hopes to gather the wind in a net, who places his hopes on the heart of woman.— filed under Iii
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