Matteo Maria Boiardo Quotes

1440–1494 Italy

Matteo Maria Boiardo, Conte di Scandiano (c. 1440 – December 19 1494) was an Italian poet and dramatist, best known for his romance Orlando Innamorato.

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Also known as: Boiardo

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'Tis not possessions that bring happiness.

Timone (1487)

Love is the source of glory and
Brings worth and honor to a man,
For victory is what Love grants;
Love makes an armed knight valiant.

Whoso obedience from his subjects seeks,
'Tis fitting that he first should learn to rule.

Timone (1487)

Like dog that in the garden keepeth ward,
Eating no melons, but allowing none
To eat thereof, he is of all abhorred.

Timone (1487)

Not deep his sorrow who in silence grieves.

It is a kingly act to listen to reason.

Timone (1487)

And I'll pursue, as always, strange
Adventures, battles fought for love
When virtue prospered long ago
And ladies fair and barons bold
Faced trials in forests or by streams,
As Turpin in his book reveals.
I only ask, as I pursue,
That hearing may bring joy to you.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Matteo Maria Boiardo (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.