Brama assai, poco spera, e nulla chiede.
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He full of bashfulness and truth, Loved much, hoped little, and desired nought.
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Gerusalemme Liberata Bk. II, stanza 16 (1580)
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Translation by Edward Fairfax, Godfrey of Bulloigne; or, The Recovery of Jerusalem (1844) vol. 1, p. 100. Translation first published 1600.Torquato Tasso
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