Tuscan Adages

I finally FINALLY finished "The Agony and the Ecstasy." I'm telling you, I got my BA in Art History and everything, but I finished that book vastly more informed about Michelangelo. I think. So much happened, and the guy lived to be Biblical old, and had to put up with the shenanigans of what seemed like dozens of Popes - its all a blur, really. But YAY! I'm done, and it's time to sink into another book. Right now, because it's naptime. But first I must share more of these great Tuscan sayings before I forget them:

"He who contends with the worthless achieves no great victory."

"Eventually, every mouth will want to bite the hand that feeds it."

A version of put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is: "dig out the words and fill the hole with gold."

Pointing out someone's stupidity/obliviousness: "you couldn't see a crow in a bowl of milk."

To describe hard times/hunger: "We don't know if we're rubbing the skin of our belly or the bone of our back"

"The best mirror is an old friend."

Commenting on making a good investment: "...pleased to see we have not been making soup in a basket."

Working for rich people: "the ass who carries gold and eats thistle."

OK. That's all for now. I know I'm overlooking a couple, but the book was over 750 pp. Michelangelo was amazing, not mortal. He had no direct progeny, and only a niece and a nephew that seemed to survive to adulthood. I wonder if there are living any direct descendants of them.

Ciao.
Nellie