Jacopo Sannazaro
Jacopo Sannazaro
Jacopo Sannazarowas an Italian poet, humanist and epigrammist from Naples...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth28 July 1458
CountryItaly
fair learned
Most learned of the fair, most fair of the learned.
women heart wind
He ploughs the waves, sows the sand, and hopes to gather the wind in a net, who places his hopes on the heart of a woman. [It., Ne l'onde solca, e ne l'arena semina, E'l vago vento spera in rete acogliere Chi sue speranze fonda in cor di femina.]
learning belle fairs
Most learned of the fair, most fair of the learned. [Lat., Delle belle eruditissima, delle erudite bellissima.]
eye son envy
Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye.
thinking men miserable
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.
evil world remedy
There is no evil in the world without a remedy.