Pietro Aretino
Poet
1492-04-20
Books by Pietro Aretino
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The Ragionamenti, Or Dialogues Of The Divine Pietro Aretino
Literally Translated Into English. With A Reproduction Of The Author's Portrait Engraved By Mark Antony Raimondi From The Picture Of Titian; Volume 2
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The Works of Aretino: Biography: de Sanctis. The letters. The sonnets. Appendix
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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 than adore me for telling you lies.
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Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want to get something out of them, otherwise you'll come home to me with a full belly and an empty purse.
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Anger represents a certain power, when a great mind, prevented from executing its own generous desires, is moved by it.
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The best thing for a man to do is to be born and, being born, to die at once.
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Perfumed and gallant words make our ears belch.
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There is no food more satiating than milk and honey; and just as such foods produce disgust for the palate, so perfumed and gallant words make our ears belch.
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I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or better than friendship.
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A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken.
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Nothing, it appears to me, is of greater value in a man than the power of judgment; and the man who has it may be compared to a chest filled with books, for he is the son of nature and the father of art.
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Life is a toy made of glass; it appears to be of inestimable price, but in reality it is very cheap.
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Flee laziness, which, while it produces an immediate delight, ends in the sorrow of repentance. And know that nature without exercise is a seed shut up in the pod, and art without practice is nothing.
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Age has a good mind and sorry shanks.
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We are the buffoons of our children.
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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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They merit more praise who know how to suffer misery than those who temper themselves in contentment.
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Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.
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Desire is poison at lunch and wormwood at dinner; your bed is a stone, friendship is hateful and your fancy is always fixed on one thing.
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I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.
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I love you and, because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.
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The art of war is like the art of the courtesan- indeed, they might be called sisters, since both are the slaves of desperation.
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