“Pochi si son del silenzio pentiti;
de l’aver troppo parlato, infiniti.”
“Of keeping silence few have paid the cost;
Of having said too much, a countless host.”
“(Che) poco grate e ’l don chi tardi viene.”
“But little virtue hath the tardy gift.”
“(E) poco ha doglia chi dolendo tace.”
“Not deep his sorrow who in silence grieves.”
“Poco s’intende d’Amore chi con la sua Donna parla sempre d’Amore.”
“He understands little of love who is forever speaking of love to his lady.”
“(Ghe) poco vive chi molto sparecchia.”
“He lives not long who quarrels with his dinner.”
“Popol capace di capir non e
Ch’ ei più felice e suddito, che re.”
“Ne’er to this faith you will the people bring
That subject aye is happier than king.”
“Poscia piangendo sol nel mio lamento,
Chiamo Beatrice, e dico : Or sei tu morta?
“Then weeping in my sorrow all alone,
I call on Beatrice, asking : Art thou dead?
And, as I call on her, am comforted.”
“Poscia più che il dolor pote il digiuno.”
“Then, more than grief could do, did hunger slay."—(J. I. Minchin.)
“Poter peccare e impotenza vera.”
Campanella. Poesie Filosofiche.—"Fede Naturale del Vero Saviente.
“The power to sin is truly impotence.”
“Povero chi si fida ad un marrano:
Terra nevosa non mena più grano.
Povera chi si fida a un disertore:
Di ramo seco non germoglia fiore.”
“Poor is he who in traitor doth confide:
Never shall snow-clad land good grain provide.
Poor she who in deserter faith doth show:
Never shall flowers on withered branches grow.”
