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Pietro Metastasio has 11 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.
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If every man's internal care Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?
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An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow.
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High birth is an accident, not a virtue.
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The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.
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The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.
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If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many would be pitied who are now envied! [It., Se a…
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Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.
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Sharp and fell remorse, the offspring of my sin! Why do you, O God, lacerate my heart so late? Why, O boding…
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How full of error is the judgment of mankind! They wonder at results when they are ignorant of the reasons
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Love is a feeling that comes into our hearts of our own choice for neither force nor harshness can limit the heart's…
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