The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)
“A litigant to winning so devotes his energies
That he never gives his neighbours or himself a moment’s rest,
But for every other pleasure he has neither ears nor eyes.”
Un litigante è di vincer si ingordo,
Che non dà a se, o altrui pace o riposo,
Ma ad ogni altro piacer è cieco e sordo.
Satire, II., IX. — "Peccadigli degli Avvocati."
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 432.
Original
Un litigante è di vincer si ingordo, | Che non dà a se, o altrui pace o riposo, | Ma ad ogni altro piacer è cieco e sordo.
II, IX
Satire, Peccadigli degli Avvocati
Variant: Un litigante è di vincer si ingordo,
Che non dà a se, o altrui pace o riposo,
Ma ad ogni altro piacer è cieco e sordo.
Source: Citato in Harbottle, p. 432.
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