And in that place the cruel tyrant, Love, Who treacherously… - Ludovico Ariosto

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And in that place the cruel tyrant, Love,
Who treacherously every promise breaks,
Who bides his time and watches every move,
And every chance to thwart true lovers takes.

Ludovico Ariosto

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Ludovico Ariosto (8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet, author of the epic poem Orlando Furioso (1516), "Orlando Enraged".

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To others never do
That which yourselves would wish undone to you.

Do not only look
For gentlefolk in castles: everywhere,
In humble dwellings and in haylofts, too,
The hearts of men are often kind and true.

Che non pur per cittadi e per castella,
Ma per tuguri ancora e per fenili
Spesso si trovan gli uomini gentili.

And in that place the cruel tyrant, Love, Who treacherously every promise breaks, Who bides his time and watches every move, And every chance to thwa… - Ludovico Ariosto

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