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Most learned of the fair, most fair of the learned. [Lat., Delle belle eruditissima, delle erudite bellissima.] - inscription in an edition of Cassandra's Marchesia's poems [Learning] 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.] - Ecloga Octava [Women] Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so. [It., Tanto e miser l'uom quant' ei si riputa.] - Ecloga Octava [Mind] There is no evil in the world without a remedy. [Lat., Al mondo mal non e senza rimedio.] - Ecloga Octava [Evil] Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye. [Lat., L'invidia, figliuol mio, se stessa macera, E si dilegua come agnel per fascino.] - Ecloga Sesta [Envy]
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