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Ludovico Ariosto - The traveller, he, whom sea or...

The traveller, he, whom sea or mountain sunder
From his own country, sees things strange and new;
That the misjudging vulgar, which lies under
The mist of ignorance, esteems untrue. (Ludovico Ariosto)

The traveller, he, whom sea or mountain sunder From his own country, sees things strange and new; That the misjudging vulgar, which lies under The mist of ignorance, esteems untrue.

Ludovico Ariosto

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