Giovanni Fiorentino was a 14th-century Florentine writer, to whom is attributed the work Il Pecorone ("The Simpleton"). This was a collection of short stories, purportedly published in 1378. However, this date is disputed.
Quotes
- Non perder tempo chi cerca aver fama,
voglia acquistar grazia di sua dama.- Translation: Lose thou no time that seek’st to garner fame,
Or wouldst deserve the favour of thy dame. - Il Pecorone, Giornata X., Novella II. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 377.
- Translation: Lose thou no time that seek’st to garner fame,
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