"Fuggite i libri; questi Son la vergogna dell’ umana gente, Son gli assassin! della vita umana. Credete a me : la vera Filosofia è quella d’ingrassare."
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Socrate Immaginario, Act I., Sc. XIII. — (Tammaro.). Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 303.
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Giovanni Battista Lorenzi
1721 – 1807
Giovanni Battista Lorenzi (1721 – 1807) was an Italian librettist. He was born and died in Naples, and was a friend of Giovanni Paisiello, with whom he collaborated on numerous operas.
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