“Modesty restrains weak love,
but it is a weak bridle to powerful love.”

Act V, scene i.
Aminta (1573)

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La vergogna ritien debile amore; Ma debil freno è di potente Amore

Aminta (1573)

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Italian poet 1544–1595

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