Ludovico Ariosto

There never was such beauty in another man.
Nature made him, and then broke the mould.
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There never was such beauty in another man.
Nature made him, and then broke the mould.
[Fr., Non e un si bello in tante altre persone,
Natura il fece, e poi roppa la stampa.]

Man proposes, and God disposes.

Man proposes, and God disposes.

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.]

We soon believe the things we would believe.

We soon believe the things we would believe.