“As it was ordered, all fell out aright,
For seldom ill design is schemed in vain.”

—  Ludovico Ariosto , book Orlando Furioso

Come ordine era dato, il tutto avvenne,
Che 'l consiglio del mal va raro invano.
Canto XXI, stanza 48 (tr. W. S. Rose)
Orlando Furioso (1532)

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Come ordine era dato, il tutto avvenne, Che 'l consiglio del mal va raro invano.

Orlando Furioso (1532)

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