Molti sono che temono l’infamia, e pochi la coscienza.
• Translation: There are many who fear disgrace, few who fear conscience." - Meaning and context.">
Part 213.
 • Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 360.
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Molti sono che temono l’infamia, e pochi la coscienza.
• Translation: There are many who fear disgrace, few who fear conscience.

— Bartholomew of San Concordio

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• Translation: There are many who fear disgrace, few who fear conscience." in the context of "Part 213.
 • Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 360." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Bartholomew of San Concordio

About Bartholomew of San Concordio

Bartholomew of San Concordio (b. at San Concordia, near Pisa about 1260; d. at Pisa, 11 June 1347) was an Italian Dominican canonist and man of letters.