4 Quotes by Giambattista Basile

...the Moon, the enemy of poets...("Merchant's Two Sons")

In a few years, the date-tree had grown as tall as a woman, and out of it came a Fairy, who said to Zezolla, "What do you wish for?

Thus, after all these storms of fate, they experienced the truth that – “One hour in port, the sailor, freed from fears, Forgets the tempests of a hundred years.

In a few years, the date-tree had grown as tall as a woman, and out of it came a Fairy, who said to Zezolla, “What do you wish for?