“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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Francesco Petrarca 73
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