Maxioms by Ludovico Ariosto
Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
[Lat., Che quant' era piu ornata, era piu brutta.]
Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
[Lat., Che quant' era piu ornata, era piu brutta.]
When the devil grows old he turns hermit.
When the devil grows old he turns hermit.
They think they have God Almighty by the toe.
They think they have God Almighty by the toe.
Such fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
Such fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
Such fire was not by water to be drown'd,
Nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
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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.]
