Ludovico Ariosto Quotes

• When the devil grows old he turns hermit.

  Ludovico Ariosto

  Devil, Hermits, Turns

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• Cruelty ever proceeds from a vile mind, and often from a cowardly heart.

  Ludovico Ariosto

  Bullying, Heart, Mind

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• For rarely man escapes his destiny.

  Ludovico Ariosto

  Destiny, Men

  Ludovico Ariosto (2015). “Delphi Poetical Works of Ludovico Ariosto - Complete Orlando Furioso (Illustrated)”, p.3423, Delphi Classics

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• Man proposes, and God disposes.

  Ludovico Ariosto

  God, Men, Propose

  "Orlando Furioso". Poem by Ludovico Ariosto. Canto XLVI, stanza 35, 1532.

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• I regret not death. I am going to meet my friends in another world.

  Ludovico Ariosto

  Death, Regret, World

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• Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.

  Ludovico Ariosto

  Hideous, Seems

  Ludovico Ariosto (2015). “Delphi Poetical Works of Ludovico Ariosto - Complete Orlando Furioso (Illustrated)”, p.634, Delphi Classics

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• Nature made him, and then broke the mold.

  Ludovico Ariosto

  Nature, Mold, Broke

  'Orlando Furioso' (1532) canto 10, st. 84

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• From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.

  Ludovico Ariosto

  Jealousy, Lord, Orthodox

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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.]

  Ludovico Ariosto

  Change, Stars, Fire

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• For rarely man escapes his destiny.
  [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]

  Ludovico Ariosto

  Destiny, Men

  "Orlando Furioso" by Ludovico Ariosto, (XVIII. 58), 1516.

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