“This too can be endured, though it is hard:
A lover in the end has his reward.”

— Ludovico Ariosto , book Orlando Furioso

Premio al ben servire
Pur viene al fin, se ben tarda a venire.
Canto XXXI, stanza 3 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)

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Premio al ben servire Pur viene al fin, se ben tarda a venire.

Orlando Furioso (1532)

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Italian poet 1474–1533

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