Giordano Bruno, Candelaio, Act IV, Scene XVII. — (Lucia.)
• Translation reported in Harbottle’s Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 275.
• Translation reported in Harbottle’s Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 275.
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Chi vuole che la quaresima gli paia corta, si faccia debito per pagare a Pasqua.
— Giordano Bruno on Debt
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Chi vuole che la quaresima gli paia corta, si faccia debito per pagare a Pasqua." in the context of "Giordano Bruno, Candelaio, Act IV, Scene XVII. — (Lucia.)
• Translation reported in Harbottle’s Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 275." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno (1548 – 17 February 1600) was an Italian universalist pantheist monist philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet, who, following an Inquisition for heresy and the denial of several Catholic doctrines, was burned at the stake in Rome, 1600; born Filippo Bruno, in Nola, Italy, he often called himself Il Nolano (The Nolan).
About Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno (1548 – 17 February 1600) was an Italian universalist pantheist monist philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet, who, following an Inquisition for heresy and the denial of several Catholic doctrines, was burned at the stake in Rome, 1600; born Filippo Bruno, in Nola, Italy, he often called himself Il Nolano (The Nolan).
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