Jacopo Sannazaro Quotes

Italy, Poet
July 28, 1458 – August, 6, 1530.

Jacopo Sannazaro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈjaːkopo sannadˈdzaːro]; 28 July 1458 – 6 August 1530) was an Italian poet, humanist and epigrammist from Naples.

Also known as Human Rights Activist

L'invidia, figliuol mio, se stessa macera,E si dilegua come agnel per fascino.

Jacopo Sannazaro
Ne l'onde solca, e ne l'arena semina,E'l vago vento spera in rete accogliereChi sue speranze fonda in cor di femina.

Jacopo Sannazaro
Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye.

Jacopo Sannazaro
- Evil
- Son
- Envy
There is no evil in the world without a remedy.

Jacopo Sannazaro
- World
- Evil
Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.

Jacopo Sannazaro
Most learned of the fair, most fair of the learned.

Jacopo Sannazaro

He ploughs the waves, sows the sand, and hopes to gather the wind in a net, who places his hopes in the heart of a woman.

Jacopo Sannazaro
- Heart
- Wind
- Waves