“But such their power who rule with tyrant sway,
Whom most they loath the people most obey.”
Book XXXVII, line 774
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
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Famous John Hoole Quotes
“In blaming others, fools their folly show,
And most attempt to speak when least they know.”
Book XXVIII, line 7
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
Preface to Jerusalem Delivered, an Heroic Poem; translated from the Italian of Torquato Tasso (1764), p. xix
“Reflect, ye gentle dames, that much they know,
Who gain experience from another's woe.”
Book X, line 32
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
“Tis often constancy to change the mind.”
"Siroes", Act I, scene viii
Translations, Dramas and Other Poems of Metastasio (1800)
“When Fame, O monarch! good or evil tells,
Evil or good beyond the truth she swells.”
Book XXXVIII, line 327
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
John Hoole Quotes about love
Book II, line 1
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
“Love what we see can from our sight remove,
And things invisible are seen by Love.”
Book I, line 396
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
“For while the treason I detest,
The traitor still I love.”
"Romulus and Hersilia", Act I, scene v
Translations, Dramas and Other Poems of Metastasio (1800)
Book XXIX, line 1
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
John Hoole Quotes
“The toils of honour dignify repose.”
"Achilles in Scyros", Act III, last scene
Translations, Dramas and Other Poems of Metastasio (1800)
“To others never do
That which yourselves would wish undone to you.”
Book XXVIII, line 591
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
Book XLIII, line 628
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
“Never let us utter what we never can know,
And chiefly when it works another's woe.”
Book XXXII, line 753
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
“What has that wretched damsel left to boast,
What good on earth, whose virtuous praise is lost?”
Book VIII, line 285
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
Book XLV, line 1
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
“And Neptune's white herds low above the wave.”
Book XLI, line 66
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
Book VIII, line 490
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
Book I, line 300
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
“Of all the sex this certain truth is known,
No woman yet was ever content with one.”
Book XXVIII, line 370
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
Book X, line 24
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
“What more our folly shows,
Than while we others seek, ourselves to lose?”
Book XXIV, line 7
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
“For oft the grace
Of costly vest improves a beauteous face.”
Book XXVIII, line 82
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
“These friendly words awhile consoled the fair;
For grief imparted oft alleviates care.”
Book XLII, line 202
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
