“He knows that I am speaking the truth, for no worm ever gnawed old wood.”

— Francesco Petrarca , Il Canzoniere

Ei sa che 'l vero parlo:
ché legno vecchio mai non róse tarlo.
Canzone 360, st. 5
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Death

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Ei sa che 'l vero parlo: ché legno vecchio mai non róse tarlo.

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

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