“True is the proverb, one's hair will change before one's habits.”

Vero è 'l proverbio, ch'altri cangia il pelo
anzi che 'l vezzo.
Canzone 122, st. 2
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life

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Vero è 'l proverbio, ch'altri cangia il pelo anzi che 'l vezzo.

Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life

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Italian scholar and poet 1304–1374

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