“Rumour her tidings, whether bad or good,
Has always tended to exaggerate.”

O bene o mal che la Fama ci apporti,
Signor, di sempre accrescere ha in usanza.
Canto XXXVIII, stanza 42 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)

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O bene o mal che la Fama ci apporti, Signor, di sempre accrescere ha in usanza.

Orlando Furioso (1532)

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Italian poet 1474–1533

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