“Of them I thought it wiser not to treat.
So, leave the bitter and retain the sweet.”

—  Ludovico Ariosto, book Orlando Furioso

Statti col dolce in bocca; e non ti doglia
Ch'amareggiare al fin non te la voglia.
Canto III, stanza 62 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)

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