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Pietro Aretino Quotes

Type:
Poet Quotes
Category:
Italian Poet Quotes
Year of Birth:
1492
Year of Death:
1556
Nationality:
Italian
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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart.
Pietro Aretino

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
Pietro Aretino

I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.
Pietro Aretino

I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.
Pietro Aretino

If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.
Pietro Aretino


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