Brightness Quote by Pietro Metastasio

High birth is an accident, not a virtue.

— Pietro Metastasio

The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times…

— Pietro Metastasio

If our inward griefs were written on our brows, how many who are envied now would be pitied. It would seem that they had…

— Pietro Metastasio

The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.

— Pietro Metastasio

An old warrior is never in haste to strike the blow.

— Pietro Metastasio

The aged oak upon the steep stands more firm and secure if assailed by angry winds; for if the winter bares its head, the…

— Pietro Metastasio

We are like vessels tossed on the bosom of the deep; our passions are the winds that sweep us impetuously forward; each pleasure is…

— Pietro Metastasio

Cowards' weapons neither cut nor pierce.

— Pietro Metastasio

It is the just decree of Heaven that a traitor never sees his danger till his ruin is at hand.

— Pietro Metastasio

The bee and the serpent often sip from the selfsame flower.

— Pietro Metastasio

If the internal griefs of every man could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite envy would appear to be…

— Pietro Metastasio

It is by no means a fact that death is the worst of all evils; when it comes it is an alleviation to mortals…

— Pietro Metastasio