Italian - Dramatist | January 16, 1749 - October 8, 1803
Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
Vittorio Alfieri
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Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
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To err is human; but contrition felt for the crime distinguishes the virtuous from the wicked.
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Liars are always most disposed to swear.
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A usurper always distrusts the whole world.
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First thoughts are not always the best.
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Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble.
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Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
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Heaven takes care that no man secures happiness by crime.
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Ofttimes the test of courage becomes rather to live than to die.
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