Filippo Baldinucci Quotes

Filippo Baldinucci was an Italian art historian and biographer.

✵ 3. June 1625 – 1. January 1697
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Filippo Baldinucci Quotes

“He who would form a correct judgment of their tone, must hear first one bell and then the other.”

A chi vuol dar buon giudizio del suono, bisogna il sentire l’una campana, e l’altra.
La Veglia. (Ed. Milan, 1812. Opere, Vol. XIV., p. 213).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 241.

“He who puts up at the first inn he comes across, very often passes a bad night.”

Chi alloggia alia prima osteria in ch’ ei avviene, trova ben spesso la mala notte.
La Veglia. (Ed. Milan, 1812. Opere, Vol. XIV., p. 223).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 261.

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