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As it was ordered, all fell out aright, For seldom ill design is schemed in vain. (Ludovico Ariosto)
Of them I thought it wiser not to treat. So, leave the bitter and retain the sweet. View quote
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Partial and unwise Your judgment seems, as well all judgments may, Wherein the losing party has not room To plead before the judge pronounces doom. View quote
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Whoever in a noble noose is caught, Although his lady may but ill receive His ardour and thus render him distraught, And no reward for his devotion give, Whence all his time and labour come to naught, Yet, if his heart be worthily bestowed, No lamentation to his grief is owed. View quote
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But such their power who rule with tyrant sway, Whom most they loath the people most obey. View quote
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But not on that account (for I'd be wrong) Would I advise you, ladies, to shun love, For like a vine untended, with no strong Support to cling to, you would be. View quote
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All else is Fortune's in this mortal state; But Virtue soars beyond her love and hate. View quote
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Man cannot relish peace before He has experienced a state of war. View quote
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Falling from the pan Into the fire beneath. View quote
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The youth, who pants to gain the amorous prize, Forgets that Heaven with all-discerning eyes Surveys the secret heart; and when desire Has, in possession, quenched its short-lived fire, The devious winds aside each promise bear, And scatter all his solemn vows in air! View quote
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For-good or bad-though from one mouth it flows, Fame to a boundless torrent quickly grows. (Ludovico Ariosto)
In blaming others, fools their folly show, And most attempt to speak when least they know. View quote
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This too can be endured, though it is hard: A lover in the end has his reward. View quote
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The brave can death despise, And dies contented, if with fame he dies. View quote
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Of ladies, knights, of passions and of wars, of courtliness, and of valiant deeds I sing. View quote
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To arm a hand more powerful than your own Is an ill method to maintain the throne. View quote
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Behold the state of man's unstable mind, Still prone to change with every changing wind! All our resolves are weak, but weakest prove Where sprung from sense of disappointed love. View quote
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The master-hand of Nature is supreme. View quote
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Reflect, ye gentle dames, that much they know, Who gain experience from another's woe. View quote
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Arms of Orlando, paladin', By this inscription meaning to deter Whoever saw the splendid trophy shine, As though to say: 'Hands off, all who pass by, Unless Orlando's strength you wish to try. View quote
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Most wretched is the mortal that would shun To look upon the visage of the sun. (Ludovico Ariosto)
Rumour her tidings, whether bad or good, Has always tended to exaggerate. View quote
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Love is not always evil, truth to tell; Though harm he does, he serves the good as well. View quote
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Blind when I gave him such a trust, nor saw How easily the fire consumes the straw. View quote
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For such a sovereign joy, a prize so high No silver and no gold could ever buy. View quote
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