Giovanni Battista Guarini

Giovanni Battista Guarini (December 10, 1538 – October 7, 1612) was an Italian poet, dramatist, and diplomat.

Quotes

 * Altera figlia Di quel monarca a cui Nè anco, quando annotta, il Sol tramonta.
 * The proud daughter of that monarch to whom when it grows dark [elsewhere] the sun never sets.
 * Il pastor fido (1590). On the marriage of the Duke of Savoy with Catherine of Austria.


 * Che mai Non v'avere ò provate, ò possedute.
 * Far worse it is To lose than never to have tasted bliss.
 * Il pastor fido (1590).