Ludovico Ariosto Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“When the devil grows old he turns hermit.”
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“For rarely man escapes his destiny. [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]”
-- Ludovico AriostoSource : "Orlando Furioso" by Ludovico Ariosto, (XVIII. 58), 1516.
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“I regret not death. I am going to meet my friends in another world.”
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“Such fire was not by water to be drown'd, Nor he his nature changed by changing ground. [Lat., Ne spegner puo per star nell'acqua il foco; Ne puo stato mutar per mutar loco.]”
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“Man proposes, and God disposes.”
-- Ludovico AriostoSource : "Orlando Furioso". Poem by Ludovico Ariosto. Canto XLVI, stanza 35, 1532.
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“Nature made him, and then broke the mold.”
-- Ludovico AriostoSource : 'Orlando Furioso' (1532) canto 10, st. 84
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“Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.”
-- Ludovico AriostoSource : Ludovico Ariosto (2015). “Delphi Poetical Works of Ludovico Ariosto - Complete Orlando Furioso (Illustrated)”, p.634, Delphi Classics
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“Cruelty ever proceeds from a vile mind, and often from a cowardly heart.”
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“From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.”
-- Ludovico Ariosto
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