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For in a world so mutable and blind
it's often constancy to change one's mind.

— Torquato Tasso Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)

Chè nel mondo mutabile e leggiero,
Costanza è spesso il variar pensiero.

Original text (Italian)

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Canto V, stanza 3 (tr. Wickert)

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