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“Let us spend our leisure with our books, which will take our minds off these troubles, and will teach us to despise what many people desire.”
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“I am determined not to assume the sacerdotal office, for I have seen many men whom I have regarded as persons of good character and liberal dispositions, degenerate into avarice, sloth, and dissipation, in consequence of their introduction into the priesthood”
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“…luckless Poggio vegetated in Constance, far from his friends and patrons, without any prospect of a brighter future.”
- "The Life of Poggio," pg. x in The Facetiae or Jocose Tales of Poggio: Now Translated into English with the Latin Text Volume 1”
― The Facetiae Or Jocose Tales of Poggio, Volume 2
- "The Life of Poggio," pg. x in The Facetiae or Jocose Tales of Poggio: Now Translated into English with the Latin Text Volume 1”
― The Facetiae Or Jocose Tales of Poggio, Volume 2
“Every man waits his destined hour; even the cities are doomed to their fate. Let us spend our leisure with our books, which will take our minds off these troubles, and will teach us to despise what many people desire....sometimes I am free for reading, free from all care about public affairs...I live free as much as I can
-Freedom here has nothing to do with political libertyir a notion of rights or the licence to say whatever [Poggio] wished or the ability to go wherever [Poggio] chose. It is rather the experience of withdrawing inwardly from the press of the world - and ensphering himself in a space apart.”
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-Freedom here has nothing to do with political libertyir a notion of rights or the licence to say whatever [Poggio] wished or the ability to go wherever [Poggio] chose. It is rather the experience of withdrawing inwardly from the press of the world - and ensphering himself in a space apart.”
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“Hypocrites are of all species in the world the very worst.”
- The Facetiae Vol. 1, pg. 21”
― Facéties : Confabulationes - Edition bilingue français-latin
- The Facetiae Vol. 1, pg. 21”
― Facéties : Confabulationes - Edition bilingue français-latin
“At the Roman Court good Fortune generally prevails, and there is but seldom room for talent or honesty; every thing is obtained through intrigue or luck, not to mention money, which seems to hold supreme sway all over the world.”
- The Facetiae or Jocose Tales of Poggio: Now Translated into English with the Latin Text Volume 1”
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- The Facetiae or Jocose Tales of Poggio: Now Translated into English with the Latin Text Volume 1”
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“Nature has, this year, produced several different monsters in different places.”
- Facetiae Vol1, pg. 58”
― Facéties : Confabulationes - Edition bilingue français-latin
- Facetiae Vol1, pg. 58”
― Facéties : Confabulationes - Edition bilingue français-latin
