“Of keeping silence few have paid the cost;
Of having said too much, a countless host.”

— Francesco Berni

Pochi si son del silenzio pentiti;
De l'aver troppo parlato, infmiti.
XLI, 3.
Rifacimento of Orlando Innamorato

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Pochi si son del silenzio pentiti; De l'aver troppo parlato, infmiti.

Rifacimento of Orlando Innamorato

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Italian poet 1497–1535

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