It did not seem to me to be a time to guard myself against Love's blows: so I went on confident, unsuspecting; from that, my troubles started, amongs… - Petrarch

Amor regge suo imperio senza spada.

Hitherto your eyes have been darkened and you have looked too much, yes, far too much, upon the things of earth. If these so much delight you what shall be your rapture when you lift your gaze to things eternal! When I heard her thus speak, though my fear still clung about me, with trembling voice I made reply in Virgil's words —

Pues el hombre es un animal no sólo vil y despreciable, sino también (y no lo diría si la experiencia no me lo hubiera mostrado, y siguiera mostrando, tan claramente) perjudicial, variable, desleal, poco confiable, feroz y cruel.