Quivi il crudo tiranno Amor, che sempre
D'ogni promessa sua fu disleale,
E sempre guarda come involva e stempre
Ogni nostro disegno razionale.
Canto XIII, stanza 20 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
“The two grand tyrants of the Earth, Time and Chance.”
Die zwei größten Tyrannen der Erde, der Zufall und die Zeit.
Vol. 1, p. x; translation vol. 1, p. xi
Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit (1784-91)
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Die zwei größten Tyrannen der Erde, der Zufall und die Zeit.
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