Thou knowest not the endless artifices of a court. Invented crimes are often there alleged; but real ones, and those especially, which may offend his pride, are oftentimes not to a king divulged. — Vittorio Alfieri Copy Share Image
The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who lays the plot. — Vittorio Alfieri Copy Share Image
If ardent passions push not men on to lofty enterprise, calm wisdom never will accomplish it. — Vittorio Alfieri Copy Share Image
That blood which thou hast spill'd, should join you closely in an eternal bond. — Vittorio Alfieri Copy Share Image
