Renaissance Quotes Flashcards
“For many writers have constructions of the imaginary republics and principalities which have never been known to exist.”
The Prince
“Alas, that gentle look and that fair face!/ Alas for the body’s beauty when your words wounded/ your gracious way! Alas, your words that mended? the brutal, and taught honor to be base!”
“Alas That Gentle Look”
“… the above mentions gentleman in his leisure moments (which was most of the year), gave himself up with so much delight and gusto to reading books of chivalry that … he sold many acres of arable land to purchase books of knight-errantry, and he carried off to his house as many as he could possible find.”
Don Quixote
“…in order to win her love, he participated in jousts and tournaments, organized and feasts, and spent his money without restraint…”
“Federigo’s Falcon”
“…certain qualities that appear to be virtues, when practiced will lead to his ruin; while pursuits of others, which seem to be vices, will insure his own security and the stability of his position.”
The Prince
“And during this time, it happened that the young boy took ill, and his mother was much grieved, he was her only child… and often asked him if there was anything he desired.”
“Federigo’s Falcon”
“With the passage of time, he will gradually acquire a reputation for liberality, when it is seen that by cautious expenditure his revenues always are sufficient to his needs, that he is always ready to anyone who attacks him, and that he can carry out his undertakings without imposing exorbitant burdens on his people.”
The Prince
“But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,/ And loved the sorrows of your changing face…”
“When You Are Old”
“Blest be the day, and blest the month and year,/ Season and hour and very moment blest,/ The lovely land and place where first possessed/ By two pure eyes I found me prisoner…”
“Blest Be the Day”
“Now that his armor was scoured, his morion made into a helmet, his horse and himself newly named, he felt that nothing was wanting but a lady of whom to be enamored, for a knight-errant who was loveless was a tree without and fruit, a body without a soul.”
Don Quixote
“When he heard that — was asking for him at the door, he was very surprised and happy to run there; as she saw him coming, she greeted him with feminine charm…”
“Federigo’s Falcon”
“Therefore it is wiser to be thought a miser, which will bring infamy but not hatred, than, through the desire to be known as a liberal man, to be forced to incur a reputation for rapaciousness which will bring ignominy and hatred.”
The Prince
“Now in that little life that still remains/ and at my death may your quick hand be near;/ in other, you well know, my hope is gone.”
“I Keep Lamenting Over Days Gone By”
“So without further thought, he wrung its neck and quickly gave it to a servant to pluck, prepare, and place on a spit to roast with care…”
“Federigo’s Falcon”
“And bend down beside the glowing bars,/ Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled/ And paced upon the mountains overhead/ And hid his face amid a crown of stars.”
“When You Are Old”
