Distance Quote by Pietro Aretino

The best thing for a man to do is to be born and, being born, to die at once.

— Pietro Aretino

Nature without exercise is a seed shut up in a pod, and art without practice is nothing.

— 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…

— Pietro Aretino

And there is quite a different sort of conversation around a fire than there is in the shadow of a beech tree… Four dry…

— Pietro Aretino

“They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves with contentment.”

— Pietro Aretino

Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood.

— Pietro Aretino

“let us love winter, for it is the spring of genuis.”

— Pietro Aretino

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

— Pietro Aretino

Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get…

— Pietro Aretino

A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken.

— Pietro Aretino

They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.

— Pietro Aretino

Desire is poison at lunch and wormwood at dinner; your bed is a stone, friendship is hateful and your fancy is always fixed on…

— Pietro Aretino