Giovanni Maria Cecchi

Giovanni Maria Cecchi

Giovanni Maria Cecchi (1518 – 1587) was an Italiaยน้ดด้สย่พด่คาดดรสวสะด้สงยตภ้ยบย}:‑)nB-)o:-) poet, (*_*):0:'(:-P;);-)B-):-\, writer and notary, devoted to the Medici family.

Quotes

• Al gatto vecchio,
  Dice il proverbio, dagli topo tenero.
  • Il Diamante, Act I., Scene I.
  • Translation: To the old cat,
    So says the proverb, give a tender mouse.
  • Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 244.

• (Dice il proverbio) chi la dura la vince.
  • Il Diamante, Act I., Scene II. — (Scacchia).
  • Translation: The proverb says, He conquers who endures.
  • Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 265.

• Chi per l’altrui mani
  S’imbocca, tardi si satolla.
  • Le Rappresentazion di Tobia, Act I., Scene III. — (Samuella).
  • Translation: Who trusts to others for his food,
    Waits long e’er he be satisfied.
  • Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 269.

• Chi prima giugne al mulin, prima macina.
  • Gli Sciamiti, Act II., Scene III.
  • Translation: Who first shall reach the mill, he first shall grind.
  • Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 270.

• Chi vuol far, vadia, e chi non vuol far, mandi.
  • La Dote, Act 7., Scene II. — (Ippolito).
  • Translation: If you want a thing done, go yourself; if not, send.
  • Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 275.

• (Dice il proverbio) impara arte e virtù,
  E se il bisogno vien cavala su.
  • Le Rappresentazioni di Tobia, Act 7., Scene IV.
  • Translation: Learn art and virtue, and, when times demand,
    (So says the saw), you have them to your hand.
  • Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 323.

• Nel terren morvido
  Ogni ferraccio vi si ficca dentro.
  • Le Pellegrine, Act III., Scene VIL.
  • Translation: When the ground is soft
    It may be worked with any kind of tool.
  • Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 366.

• Ogni laccio
  O sia di seta, o d’oro, o si di fune
  Strigne ed affoga.
  • Santa Agnesa, Act I., Scene II. — (Lascone).
  • Translation: Every bond,
    Be it of silk, or gold, or vulgar hemp,
    Presses and suffocates.
  • Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 385.

• Per arte e per inganno
  Si vive mezzo l’anno;
  Per inganno e per arte
  Si vive l’altra parte.
  • L’Esaltazion della Croce, Act IV., Scene IX.
  • Translation: By art and swindling here
    Men live for half the year;
    By swindling and by art
    They live the other part.
  • Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 390.

• Una corazza serve a cento brighe.
  • I Rivalli, Act II. , Scene I.
  • Translation: One cuirass serves for a hundred brawéls.
  • Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 434.