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XLIII, 5
More quotes by Francesco Berni
Never a man unblemished virtue shows,
Save when he is the butt of fortune's blows.
Whoe'er he be, none more than human deem,
And each may speak as good to him doth seem.
Nor power nor pleasure e'er can be enjoyed,
What time they with suspicion are alloyed.
To lose the thing we love is greater pain
Than to desire and never to obtain.
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