Vittorio Alfieri Quotes

If ardent passions push not men on to lofty enterprise, calm wisdom Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

If ardent passions push not men on to lofty enterprise, calm wisdom

— Vittorio Alfieri

I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small.

— Vittorio Alfieri

Alas, ’tis force alone that can compel to virtuous actions a degenerate people. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

Alas, ’tis force alone that can compel to virtuous actions a degenerate people.

— Vittorio Alfieri

That blood which thou hast spill’d, should join you closely in an eternal bond. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

That blood which thou hast spill’d, should join you closely in an eternal bond.

— Vittorio Alfieri

The talent of making friends is not equal to the talent of doing without them. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

The talent of making friends is not equal to the talent of doing without them.

— Vittorio Alfieri

Necessity inspires the fatal thought. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

Necessity inspires the fatal thought.

— Vittorio Alfieri

There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and

— Vittorio Alfieri

Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the unoriginal elements Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the unoriginal elements

— Vittorio Alfieri

The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot.

— Vittorio Alfieri

For ’tis impossible Hate to return with love. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

For ’tis impossible Hate to return with love.

— Vittorio Alfieri

Sometimes blood, for the sake of sparing it, is spilled. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

Sometimes blood, for the sake of sparing it, is spilled.

— Vittorio Alfieri

Joy, when it is excessive, overcomes as much as grief. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

Joy, when it is excessive, overcomes as much as grief.

— Vittorio Alfieri

Thou knowest not the endless artifices of a court. Invented crimes are Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

Thou knowest not the endless artifices of a court. Invented crimes are

— Vittorio Alfieri

For one to grasp, whatever be his object, sov’reign power … is an Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

For one to grasp, whatever be his object, sov’reign power … is an

— Vittorio Alfieri

The time for hope is gone, and come for fear. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

The time for hope is gone, and come for fear.

— Vittorio Alfieri

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.

— Vittorio Alfieri

A conquering king will banish from his breast hatred towards one whom he no longer fears. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

A conquering king will banish from his breast hatred towards one whom he no longer fears.

— Vittorio Alfieri

First thoughts are not always the best. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

First thoughts are not always the best.

— Vittorio Alfieri

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.

— Vittorio Alfieri

Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.

— Vittorio Alfieri

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.

— Vittorio Alfieri

Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.

— Vittorio Alfieri

Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.

— Vittorio Alfieri

Liars are always most disposed to swear. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

Liars are always most disposed to swear.

— Vittorio Alfieri

A usurper always distrusts the whole world. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

A usurper always distrusts the whole world.

— Vittorio Alfieri

Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.

— Vittorio Alfieri

Often the test of courage is not to die, but to live. Vittorio Alfieri Picture Quote

Often the test of courage is not to die, but to live.

— Vittorio Alfieri

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