“As nought good endures beneath the skies,
So ill endures no more.”

Come cosa buona non si trova
Che duri sempre, così ancor né ria.
Canto XXXVII, stanza 7 (tr. W. S. Rose)
Orlando Furioso (1532)

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Come cosa buona non si trova Che duri sempre, così ancor né ria.

Orlando Furioso (1532)

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