"A man who permits his honor to be……" — Pietro Aretino
"A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken."
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35 Quotes by Pietro Aretino
Pietro Aretino has 35 quotes on this site.
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I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth…
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I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
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A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the…
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is…
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If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.
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Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if…
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Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius.
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Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood.
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I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let…
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With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the…
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The art of war is like the art of the courtesan; indeed they might be called sisters, since both are…
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Flee laziness which while it produces an immediate delight, ends in the sorrow of repentance. And know that nature without…
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More Honor Quotes
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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to…
— Aristotle
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
— Aristotle
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For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
— Aristotle
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People still question my sobriety, my commitment to the program, and that hurts. I take things day by day, and…
— Tom Arnold
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We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor…
— Mary Kay Ash
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The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?
— Saint Augustine
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A man should be upright, not be kept upright.
— Marcus Aurelius
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It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses…
— Emilie Autumn
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Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed…
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
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It was dripping and, you know, and there was a whole line of cameras and microphones. I felt like -…
— Jim Bakker
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To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity…
— Douglas Adams
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