Ludovico Ariosto Quotations

When the devil grows old he turns hermit.

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

We soon believe the things we would believe.

Nature made him, and then broke the mold.

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

Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.

They think they have God Almighty by the toe.

Cruelty ever proceeds from a vile mind, and often from a cowardly heart.

For rarely man escapes his destiny.

Man proposes, and God disposes.

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.]

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

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