"They merit more praise who know how to……" — Pietro Aretino
"They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment."
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Pietro Aretino
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35 Quotes by Pietro Aretino
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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 Contentment Quotes
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There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.
— Abu Bakr
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Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world…
— J. G. Ballard
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
— Joseph Addison
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I am sensible of the velocity of the moments, and entering that part of my head alert to the motion…
— Harold Brodkey
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Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
— Bertolt Brecht
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A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to…
— Fanny Burney
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True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no…
— Chanakya
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How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.
— Coco Chanel
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it…
— Stewart Alsop
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In contentment and joy are found the height and perfection of all love towards our neighbor.
— William Ames
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