Ludovico Ariosto
Ludovico Ariosto
Ludovico Ariostowas an Italian poet. He is best known as the author of the romance epic Orlando Furioso. The poem, a continuation of Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, describes the adventures of Charlemagne, Orlando, and the Franks as they battle against the Saracens with diversions into many sideplots. Ariosto composed the poem in the ottava rima rhyme scheme and introduced narrative commentary throughout the work...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth8 September 1474
devil hermits grows
When the devil grows old he turns hermit.
god
They think they have God Almighty by the toe.
changed changing nature nor
Such fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
believe
We soon believe the things we would believe.
jealousy lord orthodox
From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.
bullying heart mind
Cruelty ever proceeds from a vile mind, and often from a cowardly heart.
hideous seems
Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
destiny men
For rarely man escapes his destiny.
nature mold broke
Nature made him, and then broke the mold.
god men propose
Man proposes, and God disposes.
change stars fire
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.]
death regret world
I regret not death. I am going to meet my friends in another world.
destiny men
For rarely man escapes his destiny. [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]