Fab. LXV: Of the Sun and Wind, Moral
The Fables of Aesop (2nd ed. 1668)
“Love should make a churlish nature kind,
And not transform to rude a gentle breast.”
Canto XXXII, stanza 93 (tr. W. S. Rose)
Orlando Furioso (1532)
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Amor de' far gentile un cor villano, E non far d'un gentil contrario effetto.
Orlando Furioso (1532)
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