“In blaming others, fools their folly show,
And most attempt to speak when least they know.”
John Hoole (1727–1803) British translator
Book XXVIII, line 7
Translations, Orlando Furioso of Ludovico Ariosto (1773)
“In blaming others, fools their folly show,
And most attempt to speak when least they know.”
— Ludovico Ariosto, book Orlando Furioso
Il volgare ignorante ognun riprenda,
E parli più di quel che meno intenda.
Canto XXVIII, stanza 1 (tr. J. Hoole)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
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