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Il Pecorone

Il Pecorone is an Italian novela written between 1378 and 1385 by Giovanni Fiorentino.


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“Lose thou no time that seek’st to garner fame,
Or wouldst deserve the favour of thy dame.”

Non perder tempo chi cerca aver fama,
voglia acquistar grazia di sua dama.
Il Pecorone, Giornata X., Novella II. Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 377.

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