All Pietro Aretino Quotes
- 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… Adore
- I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. Chakra
- 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… Adversity
- 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. All
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. Annoy
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something… Belly
- Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. February
- Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. Fatherland
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry themselves about style,… Boccaccio
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of a courtesan; it… Call
- The art of war is like the art of the courtesan; indeed they might be called sisters, since both are slaves of desperation. Art
- Flee laziness which while it produces an immediate delight, ends in the sorrow of repentance. And know that nature without exercise is a seed shut… Art
- Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap. Appears
- Why should I be ashamed to describe what nature was not ashamed to create? Ashamed
- Nothing, it appears to me, is of greater value in a man than the power of judgment; and the man who has it may be… Appears
- A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken. Honor
- Love doesn't hide. It stays and fights. It goes the distance, that's why love is so strong. So it can carry you all the way… All
- Telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies. Adore
- Nature without exercise is a seed shut up in a pod, and art without practice is nothing. Art
- And there is quite a different sort of conversation around a fire than there is in the shadow of a beech tree.... Four dry logs… All
- They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment. Contentment
- Why should the eyes be denied what delights them most? Delight
- The best thing for a man to do is to be born and, being born, to die at once. Best
- Perfumed and gallant words make our ears belch. Belch
- There is no food more satiating than milk and honey; and just as such foods produce disgust for the palate, so perfumed and gallant words… Belch