"Poetry is a whim of Nature in her……" — Pietro Aretino
"Poetry is a whim of Nature in her lighter moods; it requires nothing but its own madness and, lacking that, it becomes a soundless cymbal, a belfry without a bell."
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35 Quotes by Pietro Aretino
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I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
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If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.
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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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