Quotes from Ludovico Ariosto

For rarely man escapes his destiny. [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]

Nature made him, and then broke the mold.

Such fire was not by water to be drown'd, Nor he his nature changed by changing ground. [Lat., Ne spegner puo per star nell'acqua il foco; Ne puo stato mutar per mutar loco.]

From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.

Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.

They think they have God Almighty by the toe.

When the devil grows old he turns hermit.

We soon believe the things we would believe.

For rarely man escapes his destiny.

Man proposes, and God disposes.

Such fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground.

I regret not death. I am going to meet my friends in another world.

From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.

La luna non è che il complemento della terra, il suo rovescio speculare, il luogo dove s'aduna tutto ciò che sulla terra si perde.

Nature made him, and then broke the mold.

Ah, how I rue that what I could have done I did not do!

She can raise from the tomb those of whom she speaks or writes, and make them live forever.

E quale è di pazzia segno più espresso che, per altri voler, perder se stesso?

perché si de' punir donna o biasmare che con uno o più d'uno abbia commesso quel che l'uom fa con quante n'ha appetito e lodato ne va, non che impunito? Sono fatti in questa legge disuguale Veramente alle donne espressi torti

This dog won't hunt. This horse won't jump. You get the general drift. However, he keeps on trying, but the fire won't burn, the kindling is wet, and the faint glow of the ember is weak and dying. He has no other choice then but to let It go and take a nap on the ground there, lying Next to her—for whom Dame Fortune has more Woes and tribulations yet in store.

happy those who learn wisdom at another's expense!