Maxioms by Ludovico Ariosto
Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
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.]
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.]
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.
For rarely man escapes his destiny.
[It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]
For rarely man escapes his destiny.
[It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]
