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Luigi Cornaro

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Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop (1517-1584)

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Born
1475
Died
1566
Works
93

Top works

  • Benjamin Waterhouse on Luigi Cornaro's Long and healthful life
  • Discourses on a sober and temperate life
  • Conseils pour vivre long-temps
  • Conseils et moyens très-assúrez & faciles pour vivre plus de cent ans dans une parfaite santé
  • Trattato de la vita sobria ...

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Quotes

  • No man should be a perfect physician to any but himself.
  • A man cannot have a better guide than himself, nor any physic better than a regular life.
  • Some sensual unthinking persons affirm, that a long life is no great blessing, and that the state of a man, who has passed his seventy-fifth year, cannot really be called life; but this is wrong, as I shall fully prove; and it is my sincere wish, that all men would endeavour to attain my age [of eighty-three], that they might enjoy that period of life, which, of all others is most desirable.
  • A man can enjoy a terrestrial paradise after eighty, but it is not to be obtained, except by strict temperance in food and drink, virtues acceptable to God, and friends to reason.
  • Our beneficent Creator is desirous, that, as he originally favoured human nature with longevity, we should all enjoy the full advantage of his intentions, knowing, that when a man has passed seventy, he may be exempt from the sensual strivings, and govern himself entirely by the dictates of reason.

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date of birth
1517-02-12
date of death
1584-05-10
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