“Who laughs, as well will sometimes have to plain,
And find that Fortune will by fits rebel.”

—  Ludovico Ariosto , book Orlando Furioso

Canto XXII, stanza 70 (tr. W. S. Rose)
Orlando Furioso (1532)

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Convien chi ride, anco talor si lagni, E Fortuna talor trovi ribella.

Orlando Furioso (1532)

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