Giovanni Maria Cecchi Quotes

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Every bond,
Be it of silk, or gold, or vulgar hemp,
Presses and suffocates.

Giovanni Maria Cecchi

To the old cat,
So says the proverb, give a tender mouse.

Giovanni Maria Cecchi

By art and swindling here
Men live for half the year;
By swindling and by art
They live the other part.

Giovanni Maria Cecchi

Who trusts to others for his food,
Waits long e'er he be satisfied.

Giovanni Maria Cecchi

Learn art and virtue, and, when times demand,
(So says the saw), you have them to your hand.

Giovanni Maria Cecchi

When the ground is soft
It may be worked with any kind of tool.

Giovanni Maria Cecchi