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Know that the slender shrub which is seen to bend, conquers when it yields to the storm.

— Pietro Metastasio Il Trionfo di Clelia (1762)

Sai, che piegar si vede
Il docile arboscello,
Che vince allor che cede
Dei turbini al furor.

Original text (Italian)

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