Ludovico Ariosto quotes - page 3

Men seek each other out, the proverb says, The mountain, motionless, unchanging stays. (Ludovico Ariosto)
The stronger is the enemy, the more Easily is the vanquished side excused.
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The advice of women, if spontaneous, Is better than if pondered well, and weighed.
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And over mastered by his choler, flies With a clenched fist at him of Sericane.
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For roses also blossom on the thorn, And the fair lily springs from loathsome weed.
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Fortune, who takes care of the insane.
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What sweeter bliss and what more blessed state Can be imagined than a loving heart, But for the torment which Man suffers, that Suspicion, sinister and deep, that smart, That aching wretchedness, that malady, That frenzied rage, which we call jealousy?
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What is not proved should not be used in court, And even less, if someone it may hurt.
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And Neptune's white herd lows above the main.
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And thus she helps the Maid to check her grief Which, being vented, is less bitter now.
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Though it becomes not man himself to praise. (Ludovico Ariosto)
She who can stand against an armament Of gold and silver and still pure remain, Would find a thousand swords' attack less dire A peril, or survive in raging fire.
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Not beauty, not nobility, Not fortune will suffice to raise a wife To highest honour and esteem if she Neglects to lead a chaste and seemly life.
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The higher up on Fortune's wheel you see A wretch ascend, the sooner he will fall, And where his head is now, his feet will be.
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We soon believe the things we would believe.
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[He] blanched her cheek and froze her youthful blood.
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As on the crystal surface of a lake The trembling shafts of sunlight mirrored are, Leaping to roof-top, and, at random glancing, Sparkle and gleam, in all directions dancing.
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Where women are, are arguments and strife.
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His hair stands up erect and from his face All vestiges of colour seem to drain. He tries to speak but can emit no trace Of sound.
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What sign is there more plain Than self-destruction, of a mind insane?
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There can be times at sea when a ship is tossed by two different winds, one of which propels it forward while the other one is crossed or retrograde, and among the powerful swells it turns and yaws as if the crew were lost. (Ludovico Ariosto)
Since to raise up and comfort in distress Whom Fortune's wheel beats down in changeful run, Was never blamed; with glory oftener paid.
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For beauty is enhanced by clothes of style.
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Words one can hear, the face is plain to see: The inmost heart one seldom can discern.
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My master ought to have remembered what A glittering prize can do to bend the will, Yet at the crucial moment he forgot And all his fortune changed from good to ill.
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