“Words one can hear, the face is plain to see:
The inmost heart one seldom can discern.”

— Ludovico Ariosto , book Orlando Furioso

Ben s'ode il ragionar, si vede il volto,
Ma dentro il petto mal giudicar possi.
Canto V, stanza 8 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)

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Ben s'ode il ragionar, si vede il volto: | Ma dentro il petto mal giudicar puossi.

V, 8
Orlando furioso
Variant: Ben s'ode il ragionar, si vede il volto,
Ma dentro il petto mal giudicar possi.

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Italian poet 1474–1533

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