“Know that the slender shrub which is seen to bend, conquers when it yields to the storm.”

Sai, che piegar si vede
Il docile arboscello,
Che vince allor che cede
Dei turbini al furor.
Il Trionfo di Clelia (1762), Act I, scene 8.

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Sai, che piegar si vede Il docile arboscello, Che vince allor che cede Dei turbini al furor.

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Italian poet and librettist (born 3 January 1698, died 12 A… 1698–1782

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