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. (Ludovico Ariosto)

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.

Ludovico Ariosto

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