Prendiam il dolce ognihor che torlo accade,
Se ben d’amar alquanto ivi gustiamo;
Ch’ al mondo huom mai non è beato a pieno.

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Translation: Seize we the sweets of life whene’er we may, E’en though some bitter taste therein we find, For ne’er on earth can man know perfect joy. | Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 396.

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