“Ere now a simple tiller of the soil
Hath spoken words of wisdom to mankind;
A cloak all tattered and besmirched with toil
Hath ofttimes clothed a man of prudent mind.”
Ha qualche volta un ortolan parlato
Cose molte a proposito a la gente;
E da un mantel rotto e sporco e stato
Molte volte coperto un uom prudente.
LVIII, 1
Rifacimento of Orlando Innamorato
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Ha qualche volta un ortolan parlato Cose molte a proposito a la gente; E da un mantel rotto e sporco e stato Molte volte coperto un uom prudente.
Rifacimento of Orlando Innamorato
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Francesco Berni 32
Italian poet 1497–1535Related quotes

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Jacula Prudentum (1651)

“A multitude of words is no proof of a prudent mind.”
As quoted in Diogenes Laërtius, The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, I, 35; as translated in Dictionary of Quotations (Classical) edited by Thomas Benfield Harbottle, p. 455
Also translated as: "Many words do not declare an understanding heart."