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But still I cannot seek paths so harsh or so savage that Love does not always come along discoursing with me and I with him.

— Petrarch Il Canzoniere (1351)

Ma pur sí aspre vie né sí selvagge
cercar non so ch'Amor non venga sempre
ragionando con meco, et io co llui.

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