“Tis often constancy to change the mind.”
John Hoole (1727–1803) British translator
"Siroes", Act I, scene viii
Translations, Dramas and Other Poems of Metastasio (1800)
“For in a world so mutable and blind
it's often constancy to change one's mind.”
Chè nel mondo mutabile e leggiero,
Costanza è spesso il variar pensiero.
Canto V, stanza 3 (tr. Wickert)
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)
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