Bella ch'invecchia, by Anton Giulio Brignole Sale

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The original: se non si puote amare senza prima mirare, bella a che d’invecchiar sì vi dolete? Invecchiando più amata anco sarete: a rimirar il sol la vista è pronta più che nel mezzo dì, quando tramonta.\ This short epigram was composed by a member of the elite of the Republic of Genoa, when it was at the apex of its commercial and banking power in Europe. Part of his surname, Brignole, is…

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