Maxioms by Ludovico Ariosto
Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.
From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.
Nature made him, and then broke the mold.
Nature made him, and then broke the mold.
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.
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.]
