To arm a hand more powerful than your own Is an ill method … - Ludovico Ariosto

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To arm a hand more powerful than your own
Is an ill method to maintain the throne.

Ludovico Ariosto

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About Ludovico Ariosto

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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Alternative Names: Lodovico Ariost • Lodovico Ariosto • Ariosto

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But not on that account (for I'd be wrong)
Would I advise you, ladies, to shun love,
For like a vine untended, with no strong
Support to cling to, you would be.

Driven raving mad by love—and he a man who had been always esteemed for his great prudence.

Sì secreto alcuno esser non puote,
Ch'al lungo andar non sia chi 'l vegga e note.

To arm a hand more powerful than your own Is an ill method to maintain the throne. - Ludovico Ariosto

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