Giovanni Battista Lorenzi

Giovanni Battista Lorenzi (1721 – 1807) was an Italian librettist. He was born and died in Naples, and was a friend of Giovanni Paisiello, with whom he collaborated on numerous operas.

Quotes

• Fuggite i libri; questi
  Son la vergogna dell’ umana gente,
  Son gli assassin! della vita umana.
  Credete a me : la vera
  Filosofia è quella d’ingrassare.
  • Translation: All books avoid, for they
    Are the disgrace of our humanity,
    And the assassins of the human race.
    Mark well my words : the true
    Philosophy consists in growing fat.
  • Socrate Immaginario, Act I., Sc. XIII. — (Tammaro.). Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 303.