Giovanni Battista Lorenzi

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.

Quotes

 * 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.
 * Translation: All books avoid, for they Are the disgrace of our humanity, And the assassins of the human race. Mark well my words : the true Philosophy consists in growing fat.
 * Socrate Immaginario, Act I., Sc. XIII. — (Tammaro.). Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 303.