by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Coperta la frode
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG ENG
Coperta la frode
di lana servile,
si fugge, e detesta,
e inganno s'appella.
Si chiama con lode
prudenza virile
s'avvien che si vesta
di spoglia più bella.
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- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "When fraud is covered", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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When fraud is covered
Language: English  after the Italian (Italiano)
When fraud is covered
in base servile wool,
one flees and detests it,
calling it "deceit."
Yet when it is clothed
in vestures more fitting,
it is hailed and newly named
as "manly discretion."
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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-24
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