“Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.”
Source: The Da Vinci Code
“To lose the thing we love is greater pain
Than to desire and never to obtain.”
Che lasciar quel che s'ama, e peggio assai
Che disiarlo, e non averlo mai.
XVII, 6
Rifacimento of Orlando Innamorato
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Che lasciar quel che s'ama, e peggio assai Che disiarlo, e non averlo mai.
Rifacimento of Orlando Innamorato
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