
For rarely man escapes his destiny. [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]
source: - "Orlando Furioso" by Ludovico Ariosto, (XVIII. 58), 1516.
Man proposes, and God disposes.
source: - "Orlando Furioso". Poem by Ludovico Ariosto. Canto XLVI, stanza 35, 1532.
Nature made him, and then broke the mold.
source: - 'Orlando Furioso' (1532) canto 10, st. 84
Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
source: - Ludovico Ariosto (2015). “Delphi Poetical Works of Ludovico Ariosto - Complete Orlando Furioso (Illustrated)”, p.634, Delphi Classics
Topics: Hideous