• Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 328.
Io per mi pensava che in un giovine l’esser innamorato fusse il condimento di tutte le sue virtù, e che se ben alcun fusse una profonda sentina di vitii, Amor fusse bastante a sollevarlo in un momento fino a le stelle.
• Translation: I always used to think that the falling in love of a young man gave a savour to all his virtues, and that, even if he were a perfect sink of iniquity, Love would suffice in an instant to raise him to the stars.
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Io per mi pensava che in un giovine l’esser innamorato fusse il condimento di tutte le sue virtù, e che se ben alcun fusse una profonda sentina di vitii, Amor fusse bastante a sollevarlo in un momento fino a le stelle.
• Translation: I always used to think that the falling in love of a young man gave a savour to all his virtues, and that, even if he were a perfect sink of iniquity, Love would suffice in an instant to raise him to the stars." in the context of "Act I., Scene I. — (Fabritio).
• Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 328." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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