Jacopo Sannazaro Professions : Poet Born : July 28, 1458 Died : April 27, 1530 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Jacopo Sannazaro Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so. Jacopo Sannazaro miserable men thinking There is no evil in the world without a remedy. Jacopo Sannazaro remedy evil world Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye. Jacopo Sannazaro eye evil son Most learned of the fair, most fair of the learned. Jacopo Sannazaro belle fairs learning He ploughs the waves, sows the sand, and hopes to gather the wind in a net, who places his hopes on the heart of a woman. Jacopo Sannazaro women heart wind He ploughs the waves, sows the sand, and hopes to gather the wind in a net, who places his hopes in the heart of a woman. Jacopo Sannazaro waves woman heart wind Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors