“It is a kingly act to listen to reason.”

— Matteo Maria Boiardo

Atto regale e intender la ragione.
Act II, scene i
Timone (c. 1487)

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Atto regale è intender la ragione.

atto II, scena I
Timone
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Italian writer 1441–1494

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