“The man of mark is never appreciated, either in his lifetime or in his own country.”

—  Camillo Federici

L’uomo insigne non è mai apprezzato nè in vita, nè in patria.
I Preguidizi del Paesi Piccoli, Act II., Sc. V. — (L’Uffiziale).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 338.

Original

L'uomo insigne non è mai apprezzato né in vita, né in patria.

da I Preguidizi del Paesi Piccoli, Atto II, Scena V
Variant: L’uomo insigne non è mai apprezzato nè in vita, nè in patria.
Source: Citato in Harbottle, p. 338.

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